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5 ECU Lluís Companys i Jover
| Issuer | Generalitat de Catalunya |
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| Year | 1993 |
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| Value | 5 ECU (5 XEU) |
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| Obverse description | At center, the heraldic emblem of the Generalitat de Catalunya, comprising the four-barred arms of Aragon within an ornate shield, surrounded by a wreath or decorative border. A ring of twelve five-pointed stars arches above the central device, evoking the European Community motif. The outer legend reads VINDICAMUS HÆREDITATEM PATRUM NOSTRORUM, with the denomination 5 ECU inscribed within the legend band, all in Latin capital letters. |
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| Reverse description | Front-facing portrait bust of Lluís Companys i Jover, President of the Generalitat de Catalunya, rendered in high relief at center. The effigy is depicted in a formal, dignified style typical of commemorative medallic portraiture. Surrounding inscriptions identify the subject by name and record his birth and death years, 1882 and 1940. Additional legends in Catalan and the issue date 1993 appear in the field, along with the mint master's initials dM. |
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Lluís Companys was President of the Generalitat de Catalunya when Franco's forces consolidated control in 1939. He fled to France, was captured by the Gestapo in 1940, handed over to Spanish authorities, tried by court-martial, and shot at Montjuïc Castle on October 15 of that year — the only elected European head of government executed by the Nazi regime's collaboration with a foreign state. This ECU issue, struck over fifty years later under a restored Generalitat, carries the particular weight of that history without needing to explain it.