Letizia joins Felipe in the coin gallery

For the first time since her husband became King of Spain, Queen Letizia is to feature on a coin. The royal couple are shown on one side of a new 30 euro coin being released to mark the 400th anniversary of one of Spain's most famous literary masterpieces, Don Quixote.

Both sides of the new coin marking the 400th anniversary of Don Quixote - Letizia of Spain features on money for the first time as a queen

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The coin, made of silver, shows Europe's newest king and his consort in profile on one side and on the other are images associated with the work of Cervantes. Don Quixote himself, on his beloved horse Rocinante, stands in the middle with one of the windmills he so famously tilted at also shown.

A special presentation of the coin issued to mark the 400th anniversary of the completion of Don Quixote by Cervantes

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It's the first time that Letizia has featured on a coin as a queen consort. She has appeared on Spain's money before in a special coin released in 2004 to celebrate her marriage to the then Prince of Asturias.

The special coin released in 2004 to mark the wedding of Felipe and Letizia

This new coin has been released by the Royal Mint of Spain.