CÈNTIM: COIN OF ANDORRA
1 cèntim, 1999: Principality of Andorra
The cèntim denomination is exclusive to Andorra and is represented only by non-circulating coins.
Commemorative coin: FAO series (F.A.O. — the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations — specialized agency of the United Nations that leads international efforts to defeat hunger and improve nutrition and food security).
Rulers: as of 1999 the Bishop of Urgell (Joan Martí i Alanis) and the president of France (Jacques Chirac) served as Andorra's co-princes; each co-prince appointed a personal representative in Andorra.
JOAN D.M. BISBE D'URGELL I PRINCEP D'ANDORRA: from Catalan — Joan D.M. bishop of Urgell and Prince of Andorra.
1 CÈNTIM - 1999.
The denomination of the coin is surrounded by a crown and a wreath.
FAO - ALIMENTS GARANTITS PEL SEGLE XXI: from Catalan — FAO - FOOD GUARANTEED FOR THE 21st CENTURY.
Angel (winged figure in flight) holding a sheaf of wheat.
Kremnica Mint (Slovakia).
- Aluminium: 22 mm - 1.25 g
- Reference price: 1$
COIN CÈNTIM — WHERE & WHEN (coins catalog: by names & emitents)
- PRINCIPALITY OF ANDORRA (1986-2014): cèntim = 1/100 diner (all coins are not for circulation)
CÈNTIM as coin name.
In my collection of coin names, there is a separate large group of coin denominations, the names of which come from the concepts of "hundred", "hundredth", "1/100" in different languages. All these names indicate the equality of 100 of these coins to the main monetary unit or claim that this coin itself is equal to 100 smaller coins.
For example: cent, centavo, centime, céntimo, cêntimo, centas, centesimo, centésimo, santim, santeem, sent, sente, senti, seniti, stotin, stotinka, yuzluk...
Cèntim is just one of those coin names. This purely Andorran coin (which existed before the introduction of the euro in the format of a conventional unit of account and several types of non-circulating coins) was essentially the local Catalan spelling of the name of the common small French coin centime.
