They put on sale a silver coin of 30 euros on the occasion of the Xacobeo Holy Year

The double Holy Year 21-22 adds a new milestone to the biannual commemoration of the Xacobeo with the printing of a million coins worth 30 euros that have been designed by expert engravers by the National Mint and Timbre-Real Casa de la Moneda. The image on the obverse is the iconic Compostela Cathedral to which a pilgrim arrives, with notes of color in the print, and the other side of the coin presents the image of the Kings of Spain. The Royal Mint has chosen the motif of the Xacobeo for its commemorative coin for this year and for the year 2022. It is a silver coin, 18 grams and whose face value is 30 euros, and will be on sale -from Monday- in collaborating banking entities.

In addition, “probably” the network of post offices will join, an entity with which they hope to sign an agreement “soon”, confirmed the director of the Casa de la Moneda, María Isabel Valldecabres Ortiz. The minted coin was presented this Wednesday at the Santiago de Compostela Town Hall, in an act in which the mayor, Xosé Sánchez Bugallo, the Government delegate, José Miñones, the Minister of Culture, Román Rodríguez, and the vice president intervened. economy and Minister of Economy, Nadia Calviño, through a video. “It is a small contribution more, great in symbolism, that is worth more than its weight in silver “, has proclaimed the Government delegate in his speech.

“It is a currency that is sold strictly for face value, a wonderful gift to make this Christmas and that it will continue to be sold during the two years of the Camino in this Xacobeo year “, has remarked the director of the Casa de la Moneda, which has already turned over since 1993 with this event with the printing of these coins. The coin as the protagonist of the act has led the mayor of Compostela to show his “satisfaction”, since Santiago will finally be present in an object of this value, after, with the entry of the euro, he was left only in pennies (1, 2 and 5 cents).

Then, he recalled, “he discussed” with the Government and the national factory itself to get the Cathedral to be placed in a higher value coin and, he has proclaimed, “today we present a 30-euro coin.” Meanwhile, the Government delegate, José Miñones, he has confessed himself a coin collector and has shown special satisfaction, as “santiagués” by birth, for this commemorative coin. “A singular action that is part of the institutional support of the Government for the Holy Year and its dissemination,” he added. The director of the Casa de la Moneda has highlighted the patrimonial value of the Cathedral, which is “very present” in the entity she directs and the “extraordinary value” of the Jacobean Route, which is now also represented.

The way is in our hearts and in our pockets “

In addition, he stressed that the Camino has been key in the reconstruction of the history of the coin for the pieces that the pilgrims have been “forgotten”. “It is a particularly beloved coin,” affirmed Isabel Valldecabres, who has highlighted the “diligent” work of the professionals at the Casa de la Moneda. Valldecabres has considered that the savings of the Spaniards during the pandemic will promote the possibility of acquiring a commemorative coin. “The path is in our hearts and in our pockets,” emphasized the director of the national factory, who has remarked that the use of banknotes and coins is completely “safe” and the covid is not transmitted through these elements.

For his part, the Minister of Culture has taken the opportunity to invite all representatives of national entities to “contribute to making the Xacobeo that Galicia deserves“, a” transversal event, which represents the sum of the forces of all the participants “, since, making a simile with the Camino, the” hardest stages are better traveled in company. “In his speech, Román Rodríguez made a parallel between the “symbol of exchange and exchange from the respect and mutual understanding” that the coins represent and the “spiritual, emotional, cultural, social and even sentimental change” of the Xacobeo.

He also referred to the single euro currency as the “great modern symbol of the new Europe”, a Way that “enjoys the greatest universality in its history”. Through a video, the economic vice president highlighted that the Camino is “a symbol of encounter, brotherhood, effort, solidarity and respect.” “Fundamental values ​​that we have to vindicate every day to build a better society”, he pointed out. Calviño also stressed that the Camino “is a symbol of the flow of time, of the survival of the changes and daily challenges that we face”, thoughts that “reflect well the last years” in which citizens have gone through the pandemic to reach now to “recovery”, which must be consolidated.