On the occasion of the commemoration of the fiftieth anniversary of Pablo Ruiz Picasso, the Royal Mint of Spain dedicates a collection of commemorative coins to the Spanish painter, the inimitable creator of the various currents that revolutionized the visual arts of the 20th century.

On the reverse is a reproduction of the work titled "Weeping Woman's Head with Handkerchief (III)", painted by Pablo Picasso in 1937, which is preserved in the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, in Madrid.

On the obverse a detail of the Portrait of Pablo Picasso in a white sweater in his studio Le Fournas, Vallauris, taken by the photographer Edward Quinn in 1953, is reproduced.

* Nominated by COIN OF THE YEAR for best world currency in the category ‘Contemporary Event’.