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20 000 Pesetas - Juan Carlos I Holy Jacobean Year
| Issuer | Real Casa de la Moneda (Royal Mint of Spain) |
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| Year | 1993 |
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| Composition | Gold (.999) |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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| Mintage | 1993 M - Proof - 1,867 |
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The Holy Jacobean Year — Año Santo Compostelano — occurs when the feast of Saint James falls on a Sunday, a calendrical coincidence that draws millions of pilgrims to Santiago de Compostela. 1993 was such a year, and Spain's mint produced this issue specifically for it. The Camino de Santiago had been designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site just four years earlier, in 1989, substantially amplifying international attention to the 1993 observance.
The .999 fineness is notably purer than the .999 gold bullion standard Spain used for most commemorative gold of this period — worth noting when assessing storage and handling wear susceptibility.