Obverse. Photo © Royal Spanish Mint
  • 10 Euro 2018, Spain, Felipe VI, 2018 Football (Soccer) World Cup in Russia
  • 10 Euro 2018, Spain, Felipe VI, 2018 Football (Soccer) World Cup in Russia
Description

The 2018 FIFA World Cup will be the 21st FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial international football tournament contested by the men's national teams of the member associations of FIFA. It is scheduled to take place in Russia from 14 June to 15 July 2018. This will be the first World Cup ever held in Eastern Europe, and the first held in Europe since 2006.

The 20 World Cup tournaments have been won by eight different national teams. Brazil have won five times, and they are the only team to have played in every tournament. The other World Cup winners are Germany and Italy, with four titles each; Argentina and inaugural winner Uruguay, with two titles each; and England, France and Spain, with one title each. The current champion is Germany, which won its fourth title at the 2014 tournament in Brazil.

The World Cup is the most prestigious association football tournament in the world as well as the most widely viewed and followed sporting event in the world, exceeding even the Olympic Games; the cumulative audience of all matches of the 2006 FIFA World Cup was estimated to be 26.29 billion with an estimated 715.1 million people watching the final match, a ninth of the entire population of the planet.

Obverse

A portrait of King Felipe VI wearing badges of Captain General, his title "Felipe VI King of Spain" above, date below.

Felipe VI (born 30 January 1968) is the King of Spain. He ascended to the throne on 19 June 2014 following the abdication of his father, King Juan Carlos I. He is the only son of Juan Carlos and his wife Sofía of Greece and Denmark.

FELIPE VI REY DE ESPAÑA
• 2018 •

Reverse

On a background reminiscent of a football field, there is a picture of a footballer in a playful attitude. The shield of the Spanish National Football Team is on the right. Value is in the centre.The logo of the Royal Spanish Mint (crowned letter M) is on the top right. Inscription "FIFA World Cup Russia 2018" around.

A football pitch (also known as a football field or soccer field) is the playing surface for the game of association football. Its dimensions and markings are defined by Law 1 of the Laws of the Game, "The Field of Play". The surface can be either natural or artificial, but FIFA's Laws of the Game specify that all artificial surfaces must be painted green. The pitch is typically made of turf (grass) or artificial turf, although amateur and recreational teams often play on dirt fields.

COPA MUNDIAL DE LA FIFA RUSIA 2018
M
10
EURO

Edge
Characteristics
Type Commemorative Issue (Non-circulating)
Material Silver
Fineness 0.925
Weight 27 g
Diameter 40 mm
Thickness -
Shape round
Alignment Medal
Mint
Royal Spanish Mint (FNMT-RCM)

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