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2000 Pesetas - Juan Carlos I Silo de Carlomagno
| Issuer | Banco de España |
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| Year | 1999 |
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| Engraver(s) | Luis José Díaz Salas |
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| Obverse description | Central effigy of King Juan Carlos I of Spain, depicted in a facing three-quarter left portrait with a naturalistic, unadorned bust rendered in fine relief against a mirror-polished field. The king is shown in civilian dress with a collar and tie. The circumferential legend reads JUAN CARLOS I REY DE ESPAÑA, disposed along the upper periphery, flanked at the lower left and right by two stylised scallop shell devices — the emblem of the Camino de Santiago pilgrimage. The date 1999 appears in the lower exergual area. |
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| Obverse lettering | JUAN CARLOS I REY DE ESPAÑA 1999 (Translation: JUAN CARLOS I KING OF SPAIN 1999) |
| Reverse description | A detailed architectural rendering of the Silo de Carlomagno, the Romanesque ossuary chapel adjoining the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela, occupies the central field, depicted in three-quarter perspective and showing its characteristic stone-arched gallery and sculpted facade. Above the building, the secondary legend SILO DE CARLOMAGNO is inscribed in two lines within the upper field. The primary circumferential legend AÑO JUBILAR COMPOSTELANO runs along the upper periphery, with a scallop shell device at the lower left. The denomination 2000 PTAS is prominently inscribed along the lower exergue. The mint mark M surmounted by a crown appears on the building's facade. |
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