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2 Euros Balearic Islands
| Issuer | Spain |
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| Year | 2004 |
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| Value | 2 Euros 2 EUR = BRL 12 |
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| Obverse description | Central bimetallic field features a heptagonal inner design containing a portrait bust of a bespectacled figure facing slightly left, rendered in a stylized manner. The legend BALEARIC ISLANDS arcs along the upper rim of the outer ring, with the date 2004 positioned at the lower rim. The multilingual test legend PROVE PROVA PROBE TEST ESSAI appears within the inner field above the portrait. Twelve stars, referencing the European Union motif, are distributed around the outer ring. |
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| Reverse lettering | 2 E PROVE PROVA PROBE TEST ESSAI |
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Part of Spain's ongoing commemorative €2 program celebrating its autonomous communities, the Balearic Islands issue was released in 2004 as one of the earlier entries in what would become a long-running series. Spain was among the first eurozone members to exploit the commemorative €2 format systematically, using it to navigate regional political sensitivities — giving Catalonia, the Basque Country, and other communities their own issues helped defuse, at least symbolically, tensions over cultural recognition within the constitutional framework.
Mintage for this issue was 8 million pieces, split between the Royal Mint of Spain (FNMT) in Madrid. Most entered general circulation immediately.