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50 Euros Gaudí - La Sagrada Familia
| Issuer | Royal Mint of Spain (Real Casa de la Moneda) |
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| Year | 2002 |
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| Value | 50 Euros |
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| Obverse description | Central effigy of Antoni Gaudí facing right in portrait relief, encircled by a decorative frieze of sculpted chimneys and rooftop elements drawn from his iconic Casa Batlló and Casa Milà architectural works. The legend GAUDÍ AÑO INTERNACIONAL ESPAÑA arcs around the design within the field, identifying the subject, the commemorative occasion, and the issuing nation. The composition reflects Gaudí's distinctive Catalan Modernisme style, rendered in high-relief proof finish. |
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| Mintage | 2002 M - BE - Proof - 8,000 |
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Issued as part of Spain's early euro-era commemorative program, this piece belongs to a series celebrating UNESCO World Heritage Sites — a political and cultural initiative the Spanish government leaned into heavily during the transitional years following peseta withdrawal. La Sagrada Família was still under active construction in 2002, as it remains today, having been continuously built since 1882 under Gaudí's original plans and subsequent interpretations.
Gaudí himself died in 1926, struck by a Barcelona tram, his pockets so empty that bystanders initially mistook him for a beggar.