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25 Diners Nativity
| Issuer | Principat d'Andorra |
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| Year | 2004 |
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| Value | 25 Diners (25 ADD) |
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| Obverse description | The obverse features the quartered coat of arms of Andorra at centre, displayed within an ornate baroque cartouche. The upper quarters bear a mitre and crozier (Bishop of Urgell) and four vertical bars on a field (Count of Foix), while the lower quarters show three vertical bars (Catalonia) and two bulls passant (Béarn). The motto scroll below the shield reads VIRTVS VNITA FORTIOR. The circular legend PRINCIPAT D'ANDORRA arcs around the upper field, with the denomination 25 D. and date 2004 inscribed in the lower field. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Andorra's tiny mint program has long targeted the collector market rather than circulation, and the 2004 Nativity issue is squarely in that tradition. The principality's legal tender coinage is authorized jointly under the co-princeship — a feudal arrangement still in force, shared between the Bishop of Urgell and the President of France — which gives even modern commemoratives an oddly medieval institutional backing.
KM#197 was struck in a limited edition with no circulation mandate whatsoever.