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50 Diners - Joan Martí i Alanis Our Lady of Meritxell
| Issuer | Andorra |
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| Year | 1996 |
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| Composition | Silver (.925) (With 2.5 g. 0.917 gold, 0.0737 AGW) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
| Obverse lettering | JOAN D.M.BISBE D`URGELL I PRINCEP D`ANDORRA ECU · 1996 · (Translation: Joan D.M. Bishop of Urgell and Prince of Andorra) |
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Joan Martí i Alanis served as Bishop of Urgell — and therefore co-prince of Andorra — from 1971 until his death in 2009, making him one of the longest-serving holders of that feudal office since the 1278 Pareatge established the co-principality. This issue was struck during the mid-point of his tenure, when Andorra was aggressively expanding its commemorative program following its 1993 constitution, which formalized the principality's modern legal framework without abolishing the co-princes.
The bimetallic construction — a gold insert within a large silver field — places this firmly in the prestige bullion category Andorra favored for high-denomination commemoratives throughout the 1990s.