2 Euros Cave of Altamira

Features

Issuer	Spain
King	Felipe VI (2014-date)
Type	Circulating commemorative coins
Year	2015
Value	2 Euros 2 EUR = USD 2.32
Currency	Euro (2002-date)
Composition	Bimetallic: nickel brass clad nickel centre in copper-nickel ring
Weight	8.5 g
Diameter	25.75 mm
Thickness	2.2 mm
Shape	Round
Technique	Milled
Orientation	Medal alignment ↑↑
Number	N# 69425
References	KM# 1337 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). , Schön# 637 Battenberg Gietl Verlag (publisher). Weltmünzkatalog. Battenberg Gietl Verlag, Regenstauf, Bavaria, Germany (4 volumes).

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Commemorative issue

Cave of Altamira and Paleolithic Cave Art of Northern Spain

Series: World Heritage in Spain

Obverse

Bison painting from the Cave of Altamira located in Cantabria. The coin’s outer ring bears the twelve stars of the European Union.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
ESPAÑA
M
2015

Translation: Spain.

Engraver: Begoña Castellanos García

Reverse

Map of Europe symbolizing the gathering of the fifteen nations of the European Union and twelve stars (six above and six below map).

Script: Latin

Lettering:
2 EURO
LL

Unabridged legend: 2 euros.

Engraver: Luc Luycx

Edge

Lettering on reeding. The sequence "2 ★ ★" repeated six times alternately upright and inverted.

Script: Latin

Lettering: 2 ★ ★ ↊ ★ ★ 2 ★ ★ ↊ ★ ★ 2 ★ ★ ↊ ★ ★

Mint

(M)	Royal Mint of Madrid (Real Casa de la Moneda de Madrid), Spain (1591-date)

Comments

The Cave of Altamira contains examples of cave painting from the Upper Paleolithic period, ranging from 35,000 to 11,000 BC. The original listing contained seventeen decorated caves. The caves are well-preserved because of their deep isolation from the external climate.

UNESCO Site: https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/310

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Date	Mintage	G	VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC		Frequency
Undetermined
2015 M	4 200 000	$ 2.30	$ 2.30	$ 2.30	$ 2.30	$ 2.70	$ 2.90	$ 3.50		97%
2015 M	90 000							$ 14	BU set	2%
2015 M	10 000								Proof	0.12%

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