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2 Euros Summer solstice fire festival
| Issuer | Andorra |
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| Year | 2023 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#575 |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | At centre, a stylised relief map of the European continent is depicted without national borders, symbolising European unity. The face value '2 EURO' appears in bold relief to the left of the map, with the mint mark 'LL' below. The outer ring bears the twelve stars of the European Union flag in relief. |
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Andorra's "Festes del Foc" — the fire festivals tied to the summer solstice — are recognized by UNESCO as Intangible Cultural Heritage, a designation the Andorran government has actively leveraged in its commemorative coin program. This 2023 issue belongs to a broader Andorran tradition of using the €2 format to document local customs that might otherwise receive no numismatic attention whatsoever.
Mintages for Andorran commemorative €2 pieces are typically constrained by the principality's size and its formal coin-production agreement with the EU, which limits issuance to quantities proportional to its micro-state status.