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10 Diners - Joan Martí i Alanis Palau del Princep
| Issuer | Andorra |
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| Year | 1997 |
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| Value | 10 Diners (10 ADD) |
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| Obverse description | At center, the crowned coat of arms of Andorra is depicted in sharp relief, flanked by the denomination '10 D.' in large numerals to either side. The word 'EURO' appears in the lower field beneath the shield, with the date '1997' below it. A circular legend runs along the periphery reading 'JOAN D.M. BISBE D'URGELL I PRINCEP D'ANDORRA', identifying the co-prince Joan Martí i Alanis in his ecclesiastical and princely capacity. The design is rendered in a clean, modern style with a polished proof finish. |
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| Obverse lettering | JOAN · D.M. BISBE · D`URGELL · I · PRINCEP · D`ANDORRA 10 D. · EURO · · 1997 · (Translation: Joan D.M. Bishop of Urgell and Prince of Andorra) |
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Joan Martí i Alanis served as Bishop of Urgell from 1971 to 2003, making him one of the longest-serving holders of that office — and therefore one of the longest-serving co-princes of Andorra in modern history. The bishopric's co-princeship is not ceremonial: it derives from an 1278 paréage between the Bishop of Urgell and the Count of Foix, a feudal arrangement that has never been formally dissolved and remains the constitutional basis of Andorran sovereignty to this day.
Andorra adopted its first written constitution only in 1993, four years before this coin was struck.