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10 Diners - Joan Martí i Alanis XXV Summer Olympic Games
| Issuer | Andorra |
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| Year | 1989 |
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| Value | 10 Diners (10 ADD) |
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| Obverse lettering | JOAN D.M.BISBE D'URGELL I PRINCEP D'ANDORRA 10 D. 1989 (Translation: Joan D.M. Bishop of Urgell and Prince of Andorra) |
| Reverse description | A dynamic full-figure depiction of a football player in mid-stride, kicking a ball toward the right of the field, set against a stylised background of radiating lines evoking a stadium. The Olympic five-ring symbol is prominently displayed at the top centre of the field. The legend 'XXV OLIMPIADA' arcs along the upper periphery, while '1992' and 'BARCELONA' appear in two lines along the lower field. |
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Andorra began issuing collector coinage in the early 1980s largely because it had no central bank and no domestic monetary tradition to speak of — the principality had circulated French and Spanish currency for centuries without minting its own. The Olympic series of the late 1980s was part of a deliberate push to generate revenue through numismatic exports ahead of the Barcelona 1992 Games, to which Andorra sent a delegation for the first time.
Joan Martí i Alanis served as Bishop of Urgell — and therefore Co-Prince of Andorra — from 1971 until his death in 2009, making him one of the longest-serving co-princes in the principality's modern history.