I've just read on El Pais that the Spanish Parliament approved today a resolution in favor of sex parity on coins. Actualy Spanish coins have only the king's face, so this resolution wants that Clara Campoamor's face will soon be on the coins too. Anyone knows anything else?
http://www.elpais.com/articulo/economi ... ueco_2/Tes
A woman's face for the new Spanish coins
Currently the Spanish coins show the cathedral in Santiago de Compostela (1, 2, 5 ct), Miguel de Cervantes (10, 20, 50 ct) and king Juan Carlos (€1, €2). According to the PSOE bill, which was supported by most members of the parliament (the PP abstained, all others voted Yes), women will indeed be depicted on future circulation coins from Spain. The ultimate goal is to have gender equality on the cent and euro pieces. (Not sure whether the king, as head of state, would count here.)
Hard to imagine that Cervantes would have to go in order for Campoamor to appear. So maybe there will (as from 2009, I think) be more than three designs for the eight denominations ...
Christian
Hard to imagine that Cervantes would have to go in order for Campoamor to appear. So maybe there will (as from 2009, I think) be more than three designs for the eight denominations ...
Christian