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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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| Obverse description | The crowned coat of arms of Andorra is centrally displayed in the field, flanked on either side by the denomination '20 D.' to the right and the date '2000' below. The circular legend reads 'JOAN D.M. BISBE D'URGELL I PRINCEP D'ANDORRA', identifying the co-prince Joan Martí i Alanis in his capacity as Bishop of Urgell and Prince of Andorra. The design is executed in a clean, struck relief against a smooth field, with the heraldic shield rendered in fine detail. A small star punctuates the legend at the base of the coin. |
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| Obverse lettering | JOAN · D.M. BISBE · D`URGELL · I · PRINCEP · D`ANDORRA 20 D. · 2000 · (Translation: Joan D.M. Bishop of Urgell and Prince of Andorra) |
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Andorra's Olympic issues from this period were authorized under the authority of the Co-Princes — in this case bearing Joan Martí i Alanis, who served as Episcopal Co-Prince from 1971 until his death in 2003. The bimetallic gold-inlay construction places this firmly in the wave of technically ambitious commemoratives that flooded the market ahead of Sydney 2000, issued by small states with no Olympic team presence but full IOC recognition to exploit licensing arrangements.
The 1.5g gold inlay was a deliberate premium hook. Andorra had employed similar techniques in earlier commemorative runs, and the .917 fine gold specification ties it to a consistent internal standard the principality maintained across its late-1990s collector series.