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20 Diners - Joan Martí i Alanis Pyrenean Chamois
| Issuer | Andorra |
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| Year | 1984 |
| Type | Collector coin |
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| Reverse description | Central field features a finely rendered Pyrenean chamois (Rupicapra pyrenaica) standing in profile to the right, depicted in a naturalistic style with characteristic curved horns and rocky alpine groundline. A small flowering plant appears at lower right beside the animal. The surrounding circular legend, in Catalan, reads 'LLOAT · SIGUEU · SENYOR · AMB · TOTES · LES · VOSTRES · CRIATURES ·', a devotional phrase inspired by the Canticle of the Sun. The date '· 1984 ·' is inscribed at the lower portion of the legend. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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Andorra did not issue its own coinage until 1982, having relied on French francs and Spanish pesetas in concurrent circulation for centuries under the co-principality arrangement. The 1984 chamois series was among the earliest issues produced under Episcopal Co-Prince Joan Martí i Alanis, whose tenure coincided with Andorra's first serious steps toward a formal monetary identity — though the country would not adopt the euro until 2014.
These early Andorran silver issues were struck by the Kremnica Mint in Slovakia, an arrangement reflecting the limited infrastructure available to a microstate with no minting tradition of its own.