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5 Diners - Joan Martí i Alanis XVIII Winter Olympic Games
| Issuer | Andorra |
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| Year | 1997 |
| Type | Collector coin |
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| Obverse lettering | JOAN D.M.BISBE D'URGELL I PRINCEP D'ANDORRA 5 D. 1997 (Translation: Joan D.M. Bishop of Urgell and Prince of Andorra) |
| Reverse description | A dynamic depiction of an alpine downhill skier in a low racing crouch occupies the central field, rendered in high relief with finely detailed ski poles and racing attire. The curved legend XVIII JOCS OLIMPICS D'HIVERN arcs along the upper periphery of the coin, while the year 1998 appears along the lower right border, referencing the Nagano Winter Olympic Games. |
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Andorra's coinage authority operated under an unusual arrangement throughout the 1990s — the co-princes (the Bishop of Urgell and the President of France) nominally sanctioned issues, but the Comú system meant collector coins were largely a revenue mechanism rather than circulating currency. Joan Martí i Alanis served as Bishop of Urgell from 1971 to 2003, making his name a fixture on Andorran issues across three decades.
The Nagano Games of 1998 generated a wave of anticipatory commemorative issues from small jurisdictions in 1997, most struck in low-carat gold to keep face value credible against precious metal content. At .585 fineness, this sits at 14-karat — a deliberate production choice to hit a lower price point for the collector market.