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25 Diners - Joan Martí i Alanis XXVI Summer Olympic Games
| Issuer | Andorra |
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| Year | 1994 |
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| Value | 25 Diners (25 ADD) |
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| Obverse description | The crowned coat of arms of Andorra is depicted to the left of the field, surmounted by a crown and quartered with the arms of the Bishop of Urgell and the County of Foix. To the right, a five-line Catalan legend identifies the issuing authority. The denomination '25 D.' and the date '1994' appear in the lower portion of the field. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Andorra's Olympic coinage of the 1990s was largely a revenue exercise — the principality had no Olympic team presence to speak of and used the Atlanta 1996 licensing window to produce collectible issues for the European numismatic market well ahead of the Games. Joan Martí i Alanis, the Episcopal Co-Prince from 1971 to 2003, appears here in his capacity as one of Andorra's two feudal co-sovereigns, a constitutional arrangement dating to a 1278 paréage that has never been formally abolished.
The .583 fineness — 14-karat — was the standard chosen for Andorran gold issues of this period to keep production costs low relative to face value.