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200 Pesetas Juan Luis Vives
| Issuer | Royal Mint of Spain (Real Casa de la Moneda) |
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| Year | 1993 |
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| Diameter | 25.5 mm |
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| Reverse description | The central field features a large quill pen resting diagonally over an inkwell and an open book, the latter bearing the Latin word 'SAPIENTIA' (wisdom) arranged vertically across the design. The mint mark 'M' for the Royal Mint of Spain appears to the lower left of the central motif. The circular legend 'ESPAÑA 1993' arcs across the upper field, while '200 PESETAS' is inscribed along the lower periphery. |
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| Reverse lettering | SAPIENTIA ESPAÑA 1993 200 PESETAS M |
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Juan Luis Vives, the Valencian humanist philosopher whose works on education and poor relief made him one of the most progressive thinkers of the sixteenth century, spent much of his career in exile — his family had been prosecuted by the Spanish Inquisition for secretly practicing Judaism. He died in Bruges in 1540, having never safely returned to Spain. The irony of his appearance on a Spanish state coin was not lost on scholars when the issue was announced.