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10 Euros Salvador Dali - Portrait of Picasso
| Issuer | Royal Mint of Spain |
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| Year | 2009 |
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| Currency | Euro (2002-date) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents a surrealist figure derived from Dalí's artistic imagery, depicting a distorted human form with an elaborately curled head surmounted by a rocky mass, rendered in bold sculptural relief against a deeply mirrored proof field. The denomination 10 appears in large numerals to the left of the figure, with EURO inscribed to the right in matching scale. The curved inscription Pintores Españoles (Spanish Painters) arcs along the upper rim in a flowing script, and the crowned M mintmark of the Real Casa de la Moneda appears in the upper left field beneath the legend. |
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Issued as part of Spain's ongoing commemorative program honoring figures from Spanish art history, this coin marks the centenary of Cubism — a movement Dalí both admired and spent much of his career deliberately refusing to be absorbed by. The pairing of Dalí as subject honoree with a portrait of Picasso on the same piece reflects an odd institutional decision, given the two men's famously complicated relationship: mutual respect shadowed by rivalry, politics, and Dalí's eventual Franco-era accommodation that Picasso never forgave.