Monday, December 9, 2024

Spain 2005 : 4th centenary of the first edition of ‘The ingenious nobleman Don Quixote of La Mancha’

Issuing State: Spain

Subject of commemoration: 4th centenary of the first edition of ‘The ingenious nobleman Don Quixote of La Mancha’

Factual description of the design: The inner part of the coin depicts an image of ‘El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha’, who appears holding a lance, and windmills in the background. To the left, there is a marked sector in which the word ‘ESPAÑA’ appears incused, and underneath this sector the MINT mark ‘M’. On the outer ring of the coin, the twelve stars of the European Union are depicted, with, on the right, four of them (corresponding to the positions 1, 2, 3 and 4 on a clock) incused within an arc. The year of mintage appears at the bottom among three stars.

Issue volume: 8 million coins

Approximate issue period: April 2005



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