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100 Pesetas - Juan Carlos I Prado Museum
| Issuer | Royal Mint of Spain (Real Casa de la Moneda) |
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| Year | 1994 |
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| Thickness | 2.3 mm |
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| Obverse description | Unadorned effigy of King Juan Carlos I facing left, rendered in low relief against a plain field. The circular legend reads JUAN CARLOS I REY DE ESPAÑA along the upper periphery, with the date 1994 positioned in the lower exergual area flanked by small ornamental stops. The portrait is of a mature, uncrowned head with naturalistic detail, engraved by Manuel Martinez Tornero. |
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| Mint | (M) Royal Mint of Spain (Real Casa de la Moneda), Madrid, Spain (1591-date) |
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The 1994 "Prado Museum" 100 pesetas was part of Spain's long-running commemorative circulation series issued through the final decade before euro adoption. The Prado series specifically coincided with the museum's 175th anniversary — it opened to the public in November 1819 under Ferdinand VII, originally conceived as a natural history museum before its purpose shifted entirely to royal art collections.
Aluminium bronze of this specific alloy was chosen across Spain's higher-denomination circulation coins partly for its resistance to the chemical corrosion common in vending machine environments, a practical concern that drove mint specifications across much of southern Europe in the 1990s.