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20 Diners - Joan Martí i Alanis XXVII Summer Olympic Games
| Issuer | Andorra |
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| Year | 1998 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Reverse description | A circular gold inlay occupies the central field, bearing a dynamic relief depiction of a male javelin thrower in full throwing motion, his body twisted and arm extended. The gold inlay is set within a stylized silver surround featuring four curved, petal-like decorative elements radiating outward. The upper portion of the reverse carries the two-line legend 'XXVII JOCS OLIMPICS / 2000' in raised lettering above the central device, commemorating the XXVII Olympic Games held in Sydney in 2000. |
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| Reverse lettering | XXVII JOCS OLIMPICS 2000 (Translation: XXVII Olympic Games) |
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Andorra's Olympic commemorative program of the 1990s occupied a peculiar niche: a country with no Olympic team of its own — it first competed under its own flag only in 1976 — issuing coins to celebrate Games it participated in only marginally. The bimetallic gold inlay format was fashionable among small sovereign mints during this period, used partly as a technical novelty and partly to justify higher collector premiums on limited runs.
Joan Martí i Alanis served as Bishop of Urgell from 1971 to 2003, making him one of Andorra's two co-princes during the Sydney 2000 buildup — hence his appearance as issuing authority rather than any elected official.