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| Issuer | Spain |
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| Year | 2024 |
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| Weight | 12.82 g |
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| Obverse lettering | LA PALMA 5 DUKATOS |
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| Edge | Plain |
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La Palma's 2021 Cumbre Vieja eruption — the most destructive on the island in over a century — buried more than 3,000 buildings and forced the evacuation of roughly 7,000 residents over 85 days. This issue belongs to a Spanish regional ducat series that has quietly become one of the more intelligently curated modern commemorative programs, with each piece tied to specific autonomous communities or localities rather than generic national themes. The ducat denomination itself carries deliberate historical echo: gold ducats circulated widely through the Canary Islands during the colonial trade era.