Issued to mark the 300th anniversary of the Nueva Planta decrees, by which Philip V dissolved the traditional laws and institutions of Aragon, Catalonia, Valencia, and Majorca following the War of the Spanish Succession. The decrees imposed Castilian administrative law across the Crown of Aragon — a centralization that remains politically charged in Spain to this day, particularly in Catalonia.
The timing of this coin's release, during peak tension over Catalan independence, was not lost on observers.
Issued to mark the 300th anniversary of the Nueva Planta decrees, by which Philip V dissolved the traditional laws and institutions of Aragon, Catalonia, Valencia, and Majorca following the War of the Spanish Succession. The decrees imposed Castilian administrative law across the Crown of Aragon — a centralization that remains politically charged in Spain to this day, particularly in Catalonia.
The timing of this coin's release, during peak tension over Catalan independence, was not lost on observers.