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10 Diners Chichen Itza in Mexico
| Issuer | Andorra |
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| Year | 2009 |
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| Weight | 28.28 g |
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| Obverse lettering | LES MERAVELLES DEL MÓN 10 D. 2009 PRINCIPAT D`ANDORRA (Translation: The Wonders of the World Principality of Andorra) |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Andorra's extended series of world heritage silver issues, of which this Chichen Itza piece is one entry, was produced largely for the collector market rather than circulation — Andorra adopted the euro for everyday transactions in 2012, but had long relied on Spanish pesetas and French francs before that, issuing its own coinage almost exclusively as a numismatic revenue stream. The Diners denomination existed in a legal grey area for decades, never fully backed by a central bank of Andorra's own.
Chichen Itza was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1988 and named one of the New Seven Wonders of the World in 2007, which prompted a wave of commemorative issues from non-Mexican mints between 2007 and 2010.