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20 Euro Picasso; silver
| Issuer | Spain |
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| Year | 1997 |
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| Value | 20 Euros (20 EUR) |
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| Obverse description | At center, a colourised enamel reproduction of Pablo Picasso's painting 'Portrait of Dora Maar' is set within an ornate rectangular silver frame occupying the central field. The frame is decorated with intricate scrollwork and relief detailing. A ring of twelve stars arches across the upper periphery, referencing the European Union. The legend 'ESPAÑA' appears to the left and '20 EURO' to the right of the frame, with the date '1997' inscribed in the lower exergue. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Issued to mark the 25th anniversary of Picasso's death, this coin arrived at a politically charged moment — the Spanish government had spent decades navigating the question of the artist's legacy, given that Picasso refused to return to Spain while Franco lived and left his most famous work, Guernica, in the custody of MoMA with explicit instructions it remain outside Spain until democracy was restored. The painting finally arrived in Madrid in 1981, six years after Franco's death.