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20 Diners - Joan Martí i Alanis XXVII Summer Olympic Games
| Issuer | Andorra |
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| Year | 2000 |
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| Value | 20 Diners (20 ADD) |
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| Obverse description | The crowned coat of arms of Andorra is centrally displayed in the field, flanked on either side by the denomination '20 D.' below. The date '2000' appears beneath the shield. A circular legend surrounds the design along the periphery, identifying the co-prince Joan D.M. as Bishop of Urgell and Prince of Andorra. The shield bears the traditional quartered arms of Andorra rendered in fine detail. |
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| Reverse description | A raised gold inlay disc occupies the central field, bearing a finely detailed figure of a male runner in full stride, rendered in high relief against the polished gold surface. The silver outer ring features an elegant stylized geometric motif of intersecting arcs framing the central gold medallion. The legend 'XXVII JOCS OLIMPICS 2000' is inscribed along the upper periphery of the coin in Roman capitals, referencing the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games. |
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Andorra issued this coin under the authority of Joan Martí i Alanis, the Bishop of Urgell, who held co-princely authority over the principality alongside the French President. The Sydney Games of 2000 were a natural subject for a small nation that had only begun Olympic participation in 1976 and sent a delegation of fewer than a dozen athletes to Australia.
The bimetallic gold inlay construction was a deliberate premium-market choice, common among small sovereign issuers in the late 1990s seeking to differentiate commemorative output from standard silver bullion programs.