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Commemorative coins

Euro coins intended for circulation have legal tender status throughout the euro area. For the purpose of informing the public and all parties who handle the coins, the Commission publishes a description of the designs of all new coins.

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The City of Santiago de Compostela was declared World Cultural Heritage by UNESCO in 1985, considering its urban beauty and monumental integrity added to the deep echoes of its spiritual and cultural significance of the Middle Ages: the Camino de Santiago Pilgrimage.The Camino de Santiago (The Way..

Unesco's World Cultural and Natural Heritage Sites – Cave of Altamira coin

In the foreground, the design depicts the bison painting from the Cave of Altamira located in Cantabria. In the upper side of the image, in circular sense and with capital letters, the word 'ESPANA', at the bottom the year of issuance '2015' and at the right the mint mark. The coin’s outer ring...

UNESCO's World Cultural and Natural Heritage Sites – Park Guell coin

In the foreground, the coin depicts a lizard sculpture which is the Park Güell emblem and which was designed by the architect Antoni Gaudí. In the background, there is the image of one of the pavilions situated at the Park Güell entrance. At the top, in circular sense and in capital letters are...

UNESCO's World Heritage List - San Lorenzo del Escorial Monastery coin

The coin 2013 issue will portray a view of San Lorenzo del Escorial Monastery. In the coin obverse, in the center, there is a San Lorenzo del Escorial view; in the upper side of the image, in circular sense and with capital letters the word ESPAÑA and at the right two lines with the mint year 2013..

UNESCO’s Man and the Biosphere Programme - Žuvintas Biosphere Reserve

The design depicts the characteristic surroundings of Žuvintas Biosphere Reserve, which belongs to the World Network of Biosphere Reserves of UNESCO’s Man and the Biosphere Programme: remote islands of a unique bird lake and Lithuania’s largest wetland as well as its distinctive animals. In the...

UNICEF

The design shows an allegory of the work of “UNICEF” where the hands are a key element. One after the other they support the globe and are the link between the different areas of the Earth.