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[[Image:H3067-35088o.jpg|300px|thumb|Heritage sale 3067, lot 35088]]
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This specimen was lot 35088 in Heritage sale 3067 (Long Beach, September 2018), where it sold for $1,080. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[Spain]]: Republic gold Proof "Casa Batllo" 400 Euro 2002-(M) PR69 Deep Cameo PCGS, Madrid mint. A shiny piece and certified as the 34th struck of the issue." Architect Antonio Gaudí designed many buildings in Barcelona which are today beloved monuments of civic pride. This NCLT was part of a series extending 2002-17, honoring Spanish art and history. It was accompanied by a silver 50 euro and a silver 10 euro. Wikipedia comments, <blockquote>"Casa Batlló (Catalan pronunciation: [ˈkazə βəˈʎːo]) is a building in the center of Barcelona. It was designed by Antoni Gaudí, and is considered one of his masterpieces. A remodel of a previously built house, it was redesigned in 1904 by Gaudí and has been refurbished several times after that. Gaudí's assistants Domènec Sugrañes i Gras, Josep Canaleta and Joan Rubió also contributed to the renovation project. The local name for the building is ''Casa dels ossos'' (House of Bones), as it has a visceral, skeletal organic quality. It is located on the Passeig de Gràcia in the Eixample district, and forms part of a row of houses known as the ''Illa de la Discòrdia'' (or ''Mansana de la Discòrdia'', the "Block of Discord"), which consists of four buildings by noted Modernista architects of Barcelona."</blockquote>

''Recorded mintage:'' 3,000.

''Specification:'' 27 g, 0.999 fine gold, 0.867 troy oz AGW, 38 mm diameter.

''Catalog reference:'' Fr-398, [[Spanish and Spanish colonial coins listed by Cayón number|Cayón-18483]], KM 1086.

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* Cayón, Adolfo, Clemente Cayón and Juan Cayón, ''Las Monedas Españolas, del Tremis al Euro: del 411 a Nuestros Dias,'' 2 volumes, Madrid: Cayón-Jano S.L., 2005.
* Calicó, Xavier, ''Numismática Española: Catálogo General con Precios de Todas las Monedas Españolas Acuñadas desde Los Reyes Católicos Hasta Felipe VI, 1474 a 2020,'' Barcelona: Aureo & Calicó, 2019.
* Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, ''Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed.,'' Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
* Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 2001-Date, 13th ed.,'' Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2018.
* <sup>[1]</sup>Cristiano Bierrenbach, Warren Tucker and Sam Spiegel, ''2018 September 6-11 Long Beach Expo World Coins & Ancient Coins Signature Auction #3067,'' Dallas: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2018. 

''Link to:''
* [[Spain 2002 10 cent]]
* [[Spain 2004 400 euro|2004 400 euro, Salvador Dali, ''Maiden at the Window'']]
* [[Spain 2006 400 euro|2006 400 euro, 400th anniversary of the death of Christopher Columbus]]
* [[Spain 2007 400 euro|2007 400 euro, 5th anniversary of the euro]]
* [[Spain 2008 400 euro|2008 400 euro, bicentennial of the war of independence]]
* [[Spain 2009 400 euro|2009 400 euro, Salvador Dali's portrait of Galarina]]
* [[Spain 2010 400 euro|2010 400 euro, Goya's self portrait]]
* [[Spain 2011 400 euro|2011 400 euro, El Greco]]
* [[Spain 2017 400 euro|2017 400 euro, Henry VIII]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 2002]]

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