1000 Pesetas - Juan Carlos I Atlanta '96 Paralympics

Spain issued a substantial commemorative program tied to the 1996 Atlanta Games, splitting production across both the Olympics and Paralympics. The Paralympic series drew considerably less collector interest at release, which has made certain issues within it harder to locate in quantity today despite relatively modest original mintages.

KM#973 sits in a crowded field — the Spanish mint produced commemorative silver in volume throughout the 1990s, and the Atlanta program was no exception.