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20 Diners - Joan Martí i Alanis Brown Bear
| Issuer | Andorra |
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| Year | 1984 |
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| Weight | 16 g |
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| Obverse lettering | JOAN · D.A. BISBE · D'URGELL · I · PRINCEP · D'ANDORRA 20 D. TERUGGI (Translation: Joan D.A. Bishop of Urgell and Prince of Andorra) |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Andorra's earliest silver commemorative program launched in the early 1980s precisely because the principality lacked any domestic monetary tradition to speak of — French francs and Spanish pesetas had circulated interchangeably for decades. The 20 Diners series gave the Co-Princes' government its first real opportunity to issue collectible coinage under its own authority, targeting the numismatic market almost exclusively.
Joan Martí i Alanis, Bishop of Urgell from 1971 to 2003, held the role of one of Andorra's two Co-Princes at the time of striking — making his appearance on the coin a straightforward matter of constitutional protocol rather than honorific choice.