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25 Diners - Joan Martí i Alanis XV FIFA World Cup
| Issuer | Andorra |
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| Year | 1993 |
| Type | Collector coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
| Obverse lettering | JOAN D.M.BISBE D'URGELL I PRINCEP D'ANDORRA 25 D. 1993 (Translation: Joan D.M. Bishop of Urgell and Prince of Andorra) |
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Andorra issued this coin under the authority of the Episcopal Co-Prince Joan Martí i Alanis, one of two co-princes who jointly govern the principality — the other being the French head of state. That dual-suzerainty arrangement, dating to a 1278 paréage between the Bishop of Urgell and the Count of Foix, means Andorran coinage requires implicit sanction from both Paris and the episcopal seat. Martí i Alanis held the bishopric of Urgell from 1971 until 2003, and his name appears on a substantial portion of Andorra's commemorative output from that period.
The 1994 World Cup was hosted jointly by nine American cities. Andorra — which has never qualified for a World Cup — was among dozens of small states issuing FIFA-licensed commemoratives, a reliable revenue stream for micro-state mints throughout the 1990s.