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10 Diners Aztec Goddess Xochiquetzal
| Issuer | Andorra |
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| Year | 2012 |
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| Weight | 31.1 g |
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| Obverse description | The obverse features the Coat of Arms of Andorra rendered in high relief within a circular inset at the upper center, surrounded by an arched legend reading PRINCIPAT D'ANDORRA along the curved top border. Below the arms, the denomination 10 D. and date 2012 are inscribed in the field. The lower portion of the obverse depicts a detailed architectural rendering of the interior facade of a classical Pantheon-style rotunda, with coffered dome windows and a colonnaded entrance, executed in fine low relief across the rectangular field. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Andorra's sovereign coinage program has long served as a vehicle for themed collector series with no connection to Andorran history or culture — this piece being a clear example. The Aztec deity series was issued under Andorra's authority purely as a bullion-adjacent collector product, leveraging the country's issuing rights without any pretense of local relevance.
Xochiquetzal was the Aztec goddess of beauty, love, and weaving, associated with the quetzal bird and marigold flowers in pre-Columbian religious practice.