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  • 25 Pesetas 1993, KM# 920, Spain, Juan Carlos I, Spanish Autonomous Communities, Basque Country
  • 25 Pesetas 1993, KM# 920, Spain, Juan Carlos I, Spanish Autonomous Communities, Basque Country
Description

The Basque Country is an autonomous community of northern Spain. It includes the Basque provinces of Álava, Biscay and Gipuzkoa.

Obverse

Centre hole divides inscription, date and design that depicts "The Comb of the Wind" sculptures from Eduardo Chillida.

Eduardo Chillida Juantegui, or Eduardo Txillida Juantegi in Basque, (1924–2002) was a Spanish Basque sculptor notable for his monumental abstract works.

The Comb of the Wind (Haizearen orrazia XV in Basque, Peine del Viento XV in Spanish) is a collection of three sculptures by Eduardo Chillida arranged as an architectural work by the Basque architect Luis Peña Ganchegui. For both, this is one of their most important and well known works. The Comb of the Wind is located at the western end of La Concha Bay, at the end of Ondarreta beach, in the municipality of San Sebastián, in the province of Guipúzcoa, in the Basque Country of Spain. It is made up of three of Chillida’s monumental steel sculptures, weighing 10 tons each, embedded in natural rocks rising from the Cantabrian Sea. The work was completed in 1976. In addition to the sculptures, a viewing area was created on the nearby coast that includes wave-driven outlets for air and water.

Engraver: Luis Antonio Garcia

ESPAÑA
1993

Reverse

Centre hole divides value and facade of the University of Oñati.

The University of Oñati, the official name being the University of the Holy Spirit (Sancti Spiritus), was a University founded in 1540 and located in the Basque town of Oñati in Spain. Until its closure in 1901, it was the only university in the Spanish Basque Country. In 1931 the building was declared a National Historic Monument. It is one of the most remarkable Renaissance buildings of the Basque Country, and was built in the Plateresque style. Construction of the building began in 1543 by the master stone mason Domingo de la Carrera and the sculptor Pierre Picart.

Engraver: Garcilaso Rollan

PAIS VASCO
25 PTAS
M

Edge
Characteristics
Type Commemorative Issue (Circulating)
Material Aluminium Bronze
Weight 4.25 g
Diameter 19.5 mm
Thickness 2.1 mm
Shape round with a center hole
Alignment Coin
Mint
Royal Spanish Mint (FNMT-RCM)

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