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This specimen was lot 2008 in Künker sale 439 (Osnabrück, March 2026), where it sold for €3,200 (about US$4,402 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''ANDORRA, Fürstentum. 25 Diners in Gold 1965. Parlamentsgebäude. Medaillenprägung. Mit Riffelrand. Von großer Seltenheit. Laut K./M. nur 8 Exemplare geprägt. Winz. Kontaktstelle, polierte Platte. Das vorliegende Exemplar wurde von Hans M. F. Schulman (New York), mit der Genehmigung der Regierung von Andorra, vertrieben.'' (principality of [[Andorra]], twenty-five diners in gold of 1965. Parliament buidling, medallic issue, reeded edge. Very rare, only 8 examples struck per the SCWC. Minor contact marks, proof. This specific example was distributed by Hans M. F. Schulman (New York) with the authorization of the Government of Andorra.)"</blockquote> [[Andorra]], a protectorate of France and Spain, isn't really supposed to issue coins but occasionally markets NCLT's anyway. Numista states this was struck in Munich.

''Recorded mintage'': 1,350 in silver plus 8 in gold plus more in platinum.

''Specification'': KM X11: 14 g, 0.900 fine silver, 29 mm diameter; KM X11a: gold; KM X11b: platinum, reeded edge. This specimen gold, 30,14 mm; 17,39 g (15,66 g fine gold).

''Catalog reference:'' KM X11, KM X11a, KM X11b.

''[[Bibliography|Sources:]]''
* Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, ''Unusual World Coins, 6th ed.'', Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2011.
* <sup>[1]</sup>Künker, Fritz Rudolf, Horst-Rudiger Künker, Ulrich Künker and Andreas Kaiser, ''Frühjahrs-Auktion 439: Gold Coins from around the world, particularly Denmark, Habsburg, Malta and Saxony | German Coins after 1871 including Coins from the Collection of Jürgen and Erika Schmidt,'' Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2026.

''Links:''
* [[Andorra 1964-FM 50 diners|1964-FM 50 diners, Napoleon]]
* [[Andorra 1965 50 diners]], Hall of Justice, struck in gold
* [[Coins and currency dated 1965]]

[[Category:Selections from Kunker sale 439, 440, 441]]

Andorra 1965 25 diners - Revision history

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