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10 Euros Don Quixote - Wine leathers
| Issuer | Real Casa de la Moneda (Royal Mint of Spain) |
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| Year | 2005 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents a dynamic scene illustrating the episode from Don Quixote known as 'Battle with the Wine Leathers' (Chapter XXXV, Part I), in which Don Quixote, rendered in a bold modern graphic style, is shown thrusting his lance or sword into large hanging wine skins. The composition is vigorous and expressive, capturing the knight-errant mid-combat in an angular, stylized artistic interpretation. The denomination '10 EURO' and the mint mark 'M' appear within the legend. The inscription 'BATALLA CON UNOS CUEROS DE VINO' arcs prominently across the field, identifying the depicted episode. |
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Part of Spain's long-running Don Quixote commemorative program marking the novel's 400th anniversary, this piece draws from one of Cervantes' more absurdist episodes — in which Sleeping Quixote attacks wineskins in a roadside inn, believing them to be giants, and floods the floor with red wine. The scene is among the most frequently illustrated in the novel's publication history, appearing in editions as far back as the 17th century.