2 Euros Don Quixote

€2,168.00
IssuerSpain
Year2005
TypeCirculating commemorative coins
Value2 Euros
CurrencyEuro (2002-date)
CompositionBimetallic: nickel brass clad nickel centre in copper-nickel ring
Weight8.5 g
Dimensions25.75 mm
Thickness2.2 mm
Shape and TechniqueRound
Milled
OrientationMedal alignment ↑↑
Engraver(s)Obverse: Begoña Castellanos García
Reverse: Luc Luycx
In circulation to
Reference(s) KM#1063, Schön#384
Obverse descriptionDon Quixote with hat holding a lance and two windmills in the background. Twelve stars of the European Union in the outer ring of the coin, with four of them impressed into the surface.
Obverse scriptLatin
Obverse letteringESPAÑA M 20 05
(Translation: Spain)
Reverse descriptionA map, next to the face value, shows the European continent without borders.
Reverse scriptLatin
Reverse lettering2 EURO LL
EdgeFinely ribbed with edge lettering: six times the sequence `2 * *
MintM
Royal Mint of Spain (Real Casa de
la Moneda), Madrid, Spain (1591-date)
Mintage2005 M - - 7 892 077
2005 M - BU set - 104 923
2005 M - Proof - 3 000
Catalog ID2871837020
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