2023-M S€10 Silver, Square, Picasso, Harlequin, Colorized PR DCAM

Marking the 50th anniversary of the death of Pablo Ruiz Picasso (Málaga, 1881 – Mougins, 1973), the Royal Spanish Mint issues an eight-coin program of square silver pieces in color: six 1 oz coins of 10 euro and two 135 g coins of 50 euro. Each reverse reproduces a work held in a Spanish museum — the Museo Reina Sofía and the Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza in Madrid, the Museu Picasso in Barcelona and the Museo Picasso Málaga.

The program was prepared with the collaboration of the National Commission for the 50th Anniversary of Picasso’s death and Acción Cultural Española. All pieces are struck in proof quality.

Obverse Description

A detail of the “Portrait of Pablo Picasso in a white sweater in his studio Le Fournas, Vallauris” (1953), by photographer Edward Quinn. Common obverse of the six 1 oz coins.

Reverse Description

“Arlequín”, 1917, Museu Picasso, Barcelona. Léonide Massine, of the Ballets Russes, as Harlequin; donated by Picasso in 1919, it was the first of his works to enter a public collection.

Source: Real Casa de la Moneda (Spanish Mint)