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| Issuer | Royal Mint of Spain (Real Casa de la Moneda) |
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| Year | 2019 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse description | Uniformed effigy of King Felipe VI facing left, attired in the insignia of Captain-General of the Spanish Armed Forces. The legend arcs around the upper periphery identifying the monarch, his title, and the year of issue. At the lower portion of the field, the common mintmark symbol adopted by participating nations of the European programme is displayed, accompanied by a prominent five-pointed star device occupying the lower segment of the coin. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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This issue belongs to Spain's long-running "Joyas Numismáticas" series, which pairs commemorative gold coinage with specific periods of Castilian and Spanish cultural history. The Renaissance designation here anchors the coin to the 16th-century Habsburg reign — the period of Charles I and Philip II — when Spanish patronage funded artists, architects, and humanists across the peninsula and into the Italian states. El Escorial was commissioned, Alonso Berruguete was working in Valladolid, and Spanish universities were producing some of the most influential theological and legal minds in Europe.
The .999 fineness places it above the traditional 22-karat gold used in earlier Spanish royal coinage, a concession to modern collector expectations rather than historical precedent.