The Andorran diner (ADD) is a commemorative currency issued in form of

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s intended for collectors and without a legal tender value. A diner is divided into 100 cèntims. The name ''diner'' ("money" in Catalan) is derived from the

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''. The Servei d'Emissions de la Vegueria Episcopal has issued from 1977 onwards various series of diner denominated coins. Previously there were minor privately issued diner coinage (with no legal value). There have been silver, golden and bimetallic issues. The most commemorated topic is

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. The

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was defined (informally) as 100 ESP (0.60 EUR) or 5 FRF (about 130 ESP or 0.75 EUR) to one diner. But there is no bank or other authority where visitors to Andorra can change diners for

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s. It is only an informal relation. It is not possible to buy anything with diners in

Andorra Andorra, officially the Principality of Andorra, is a Sovereignty, sovereign landlocked country on the Iberian Peninsula, in the eastern Pyrenees in Southwestern Europe, Andorra–France border, bordered by France to the north and Spain to A ...

. It is not possible to open an account in diners. It is only an

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to produce

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. In 1998 the

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issued for the first time a series of diner denominated coins to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the '' Manual Digest''.Some later uses of andorran diner
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A complete gallery of the coins of Andorra
Numista {{Portal bar, Andorra, Europe, Money, Numismatics Currencies of Andorra Currencies of Europe Dinar

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