2 Euro Don Quixote
Features
| Country | Spain |
|---|---|
| Type | Circulating commemorative coin |
| Year | 2005 |
| Value | 2 Euro 2 EUR = 2.25 USD |
| Metal | Bi-Metallic Nickel-brass clad Nickel center in Copper-nickel ring |
| Weight | 8.5 g |
| Diameter | 25.75 mm |
| Thickness | 2.2 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| References | KM# 1063, Schön# 384 Standard Catalog of World Coins by George S. Cuhaj (Krause Publications) Weltmünzkatalog by Gerhard Schön, Günter Schön (Battenberg Gietl Verlag) |
Commemorative issue
IV centenary of the first edition of "Don Quixote de la Mancha"
Obverse
The centre of the coin features an image of Don Quixote holding a lance, with windmills in the background. To the left, impressed into the surface of the coin, is the word 'ESPAÑA', under which the mintmark 'M' appears. The 12 stars of the European Union are shown in the outer ring of the coin, with four of them impressed into the surface. The year of issue is indicated at the bottom.
Lettering: ESPAÑA 20 05 M
Translation: SPAIN 2005 M
Engraver: B. Castellanos Gracia
Reverse
A map, next to the facial value, shows the European continent without borders.
Lettering: 2 EURO LL
Luc Luycx is the designer of the common side of the euro coins.
Luycx is a computer engineer, and medallist living in Dendermonde, Belgium, and has worked for the Royal Belgian Mint for 15 years. He designed the euro coins in 1996.
Edge
Finely ribbed with edge lettering: six times the sequence "2 * * " alternately upright and inverted
Lettering: 2 ** 2 ** 2 ** 2 ** 2 ** 2 **
© Cyrillius
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| Year | Mintage | G | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 M | 8,000,000 | 2.25 | 2.25 | 2.25 | 2.86 | 3.87 | 3.96 | ||||
| 2005 M | 79,923 | In Sets only | |||||||||
| 2005 M | 3,000 | Proof | |||||||||
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