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80 000 Pesetas - Juan Carlos I Iberian Lynx
| Issuer | Royal Mint of Spain (Real Casa de la Moneda) |
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| Year | 1994 |
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| Thickness | 1 mm |
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| Obverse description | Unadorned effigy of King Juan Carlos I facing left, rendered in high relief with finely detailed hair and strong facial features in a naturalistic portrait style. The legend JUAN CARLOS I REY DE ESPAÑA curves along the upper periphery, while the date 1994 appears in the lower field flanked by two raised dots. The portrait fills the central field with ample negative space, lending the design an austere, monumental quality characteristic of Spanish royal coinage of the period. The engraving is the work of Manuel Martinez Tornero. |
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| Obverse lettering | JUAN CARLOS I REY DE ESPAÑA 1994 (Translation: Juan Carlos I King of Spain) |
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The Iberian lynx (*Lynx pardinus*) was already in catastrophic decline by 1994, with population estimates falling below 1,000 individuals across fragmented habitat in southern Spain and Portugal. Spain's wildlife conservation program leaned heavily on numismatic issues during this decade — the Royal Mint produced several high-denomination gold pieces tied to endangered species as a way of generating international collector revenue while attaching political visibility to domestic conservation failures.
The 27g .999 fine specification places this squarely in Spain's larger-format prestige gold series of the period, issued in limited numbers primarily for export sale rather than domestic circulation.