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25 Diners Archangel Gabriel and Mary
| Issuer | Andorra |
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| Year | 2010 |
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| Value | 25 Diners (25 ADD) |
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| Obverse description | The quartered coat of arms of the Principality of Andorra is rendered in high relief at centre, encircled by a decorative semi-open ring. The national motto VIRTVS VNITA FORTIOR appears along the lower arc of the ring. The legend PRINCIPAT D'ANDORRA arcs along the upper periphery of the coin, with the denomination 25 D. and date 2010 inscribed in the lower field. |
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| Reverse description | The Annunciation is depicted in a Byzantine-influenced style filling the entire reverse field. At left, the Archangel Gabriel is shown in three-quarter view with large outstretched wings, hands raised in a gesture of address, and a lily stem in the foreground symbolising purity. At right, the Virgin Mary is depicted with downcast eyes and a veiled head, a star motif visible on her mantle, as rays of divine light descend from the upper right. The composition is executed in fine relief with smooth, polished surfaces characteristic of a proof striking. |
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Andorra's coinage authority operated for decades in a genuinely peculiar legal position — the principality had no central bank and no formal monetary sovereignty, using French francs and Spanish pesetas concurrently until the euro absorbed both. The gold devotional issues that emerged in the 2000s were never intended for circulation; they were struck explicitly for the collector market, underwritten by agreements with the French and Spanish mints, and carry no practical monetary function despite their nominal face value.
KM#288 is part of a broader Marian series issued across several years, each tied to specific iconographic traditions in Andorran Catholicism rooted in the co-principality's ecclesiastical governance under the Bishop of Urgell.