| Description : The commemorative coin is dedicated to the senior citizens
who fared badly during the COVID‐19 pandemic, both from a health point of view and because of the social isolation
they suffered. Eric Jover, Andorran Minister of Finance, pointed out that almost 90 % of the people who lost their
lives to the coronavirus pandemic were over 65 years old. The country is committed to preventing the spread of the
virus and protecting its citizens. The care for the Andorran elderly is expressed in the coin designed by Orietta
Rossi by the hand of an old person resting in a younger hand stretched out to help. Below it is a stethoscope, above
it ‐ as if trapped in an isolation tent ‐ are seven SARS‐CoV‐2 viruses, whose spread seems to be
prevented by the interconnected letters forming the word "ANDORRA". At the top, the issue occasion "CUIDEM LA NOSTRA GENT
GRAN" (we take care of our senior citizens) is written in a semicircle, and on the left is the year of issue "2021".
Andorran coins are minted alternately in the countries of the Princes of Andorra; in 2021 it was the turn of the Monnaie
de Paris in Pessac. |
