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2 euro series Spain: UNESCO World Heritage Site

Since 2010, Spain has honoured one of its World Heritage Sites each year with a €2 coin – making this one of the longest-running series of euro commemorative coins. The order follows the year in which each site was added to the UNESCO list.

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676 Coins 618 issued

Image	CC	Year / Country	Design	Issue	Mintage	Editions
	CC 79	2010 · Spain	UNESCO World Heritage series, 1st issue, Historic Centre of Córdoba	3 Mar 2010	4,000,000	8
	CC 93	2011 · Spain	UNESCO World Heritage Series, 2nd issue, La Alhambra, Granada	21 Feb 2011	4,000,000	8
	CC 123	2012 · Spain	UNESCO World Cultural Heritage series, 3rd issue, Burgos Cathedral	2 Feb 2012	4,000,000	8
	CC 140	2013 · Spain	UNESCO World Heritage series, 4th issue, Monastery of San Lorenzo de El Escorial	1 Mar 2013	4,000,000	9
	CC 160	2014 · Spain	UNESCO World Cultural Heritage Series, 5th issue, works by Antoni Gaudí	7 Feb 2014	4,000,000	10
	CC 188	2015 · Spain	UNESCO World Cultural Heritage series, 6th issue, Cave of Altamira	30 Jan 2015	4,000,000	7
	CC 237	2016 · Spain	UNESCO World Cultural Heritage Series, 7th issue, Old Town and Aqueduct of Segovia	5 Feb 2016	4,000,000	9
	CC 269	2017 · Spain	UNESCO World Heritage series, 8th issue, Monuments of Oviedo and the Kingdom of Asturias	3 Feb 2017	500,000	6
	CC 305	2018 · Spain	UNESCO World Cultural Heritage Series, 9th issue, Santiago de Compostela	2 Feb 2018	300,000	6
	CC 337	2019 · Spain	UNESCO World Heritage Series, 10th issue, Old Town of Ávila and Churches Outside the City Walls	1 Feb 2019	500,000	6
	CC 368	2020 · Spain	UNESCO World Heritage Series, 11th issue, Mudéjar Architecture in Aragón	31 Jan 2020	4,000,000	6
	CC 404	2021 · Spain	UNESCO World Heritage Series, 12th issue, Old Town of Toledo	10 Mar 2021	4,000,000	5
	CC 435	2022 · Spain	UNESCO World Cultural Heritage Series, 13th issue, Garajonay National Park	23 Mar 2022	1,000,000	5
	CC 484	2023 · Spain	UNESCO World Cultural Heritage Series, 14th issue, Old Town of Cáceres	28 Mar 2023	1,500,000	5
	CC 520	2024 · Spain	UNESCO World Heritage series, 15th issue, Cathedral, Alcázar and Archivo de Indias in Seville	2 Feb 2024	1,500,000	6
	CC 554	2025 · Spain	UNESCO World Heritage Site series, 16th issue, Old Town of Salamanca	30 Jan 2025	2,000,000	7
	CC 586	2026 · Spain	UNESCO World Cultural Heritage series, 17th issue, Poblet Monastery	29 Jan 2026	1,500,000	8
2€	–	2027 · Spain announced	UNESCO World Cultural Heritage series, 18th issue, Archaeological Ensemble of Mérida	xx.xx.27	–	1

About the “UNESCO World Heritage Site” series

The series began with the Old Town of Córdoba (2010) and the Alhambra in Granada (2011), followed by Burgos Cathedral, the Royal Site of San Lorenzo, El Escorial, the Works of Antoni Gaudí, the Cave of Altamira, the Old Town of Segovia and its Aqueduct, the monuments of Oviedo, Santiago de Compostela, Ávila, the Mudejar Architecture of Aragon, Toledo, Garajonay National Park on La Gomera, Cáceres, Seville, Salamanca and, in 2026, Poblet Monastery. The Archaeological Ensemble of Mérida has been announced for 2027.

There is a marked change in the mintages: up to 2016, each coin was issued with a mintage of four million, while in 2017 the figure fell to just 500,000 and in 2018, for Santiago de Compostela, to 300,000 – the lowest mintage in the series and consequently a sought-after issue. Since 2020, mintages have once again ranged between one and four million.

As Spain is home to around 50 World Heritage Sites, the end of the series is still nowhere in sight. Further Spanish commemorative coins can be found on the Spain page.

This series in the forum

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2010 · UNESCO World Heritage series, 1st issue, Historic Centre of Córdoba (translated)
2011 · UNESCO World Heritage Series, 2nd issue, La Alhambra, Granada (translated)
2012 · UNESCO World Cultural Heritage series, 3rd issue, Burgos Cathedral (translated)
2013 · UNESCO World Heritage series, 4th issue, Monastery of San Lorenzo de El Escorial (translated)
2014 · UNESCO World Cultural Heritage Series, 5th issue, works by Antoni Gaudí (translated)
2015 · UNESCO World Cultural Heritage series, 6th issue, Cave of Altamira (translated)
2016 · UNESCO World Cultural Heritage Series, 7th issue, Old Town and Aqueduct of Segovia (translated)
2017 · UNESCO World Heritage series, 8th issue, Monuments of Oviedo and the Kingdom of Asturias (translated)
2018 · UNESCO World Cultural Heritage Series, 9th issue, Santiago de Compostela (translated)
2019 · UNESCO World Heritage Series, 10th issue, Old Town of Ávila and Churches Outside the City Walls (translated)
2020 · UNESCO World Heritage Series, 11th issue, Mudéjar Architecture in Aragón (translated)
2021 · UNESCO World Heritage Series, 12th issue, Old Town of Toledo (translated)
2022 · UNESCO World Cultural Heritage Series, 13th issue, Garajonay National Park (translated)
2023 · UNESCO World Cultural Heritage Series, 14th issue, Old Town of Cáceres (translated)
2024 · UNESCO World Heritage series, 15th issue, Cathedral, Alcázar and Archivo de Indias in Seville (translated)
2025 · UNESCO World Heritage Site series, 16th issue, Old Town of Salamanca (translated)
2026 · UNESCO World Cultural Heritage series, 17th issue, Poblet Monastery (translated)

Frequently asked questions

How many coins are in the 2-euro series “UNESCO World Heritage Site”?

The series “UNESCO World Heritage Site” comprises 18 €2 commemorative coins, issued from 2010 to 2027 Of these, 17 have been issued; the rest have been announced and marked on this page