Mint Museum (Madrid)
The Madrid Mint is a museum located inside the National Mint and Stamp Factory. It has one of the largest numismatic collections in Europe.
The origin of this institution dates back to the 18th century, when the spectacular collection of numismatic-related engravings, sketches, relics, artifacts, drawings and coins belonging to Tomás Francisco Prieto, the General Engraver of the Mint of Charles III, became part of the monarch's royal collection.
By 1867, Isabella II had expanded the lavish royal collection with new acquisitions. The collection was exhibited to the public for the first time in the old Mint in Colón Square. Given the immense positive response, it remained exhibited there until 1964, when it moved to its current location.
Both Prieto's original collection and subsequent acquisitions by the Spanish crown are formidable. In the Mint Museum, collections of coins from Greece, ancient Rome, Roman Hispania, the Middle Ages, the period of the Catholic Monarchs, the House of Austria and the House of Bourbon are exhibited. In addition to this magnificent collection, the institution has two exhibition rooms with coins ranging from the 19th century to the present.
The Mint also has exhibition areas dedicated to medals, graphic arts, different types of stamped paper, lotteries, philately and the exhibition of old minting and authentication machinery for paper money, in addition to traveling exhibitions of enormous interest.
The origin of this institution dates back to the 18th century, when the spectacular collection of numismatic-related engravings, sketches, relics, artifacts, drawings and coins belonging to Tomás Francisco Prieto, the General Engraver of the Mint of Charles III, became part of the monarch's royal collection.
By 1867, Isabella II had expanded the lavish royal collection with new acquisitions. The collection was exhibited to the public for the first time in the old Mint in Colón Square. Given the immense positive response, it remained exhibited there until 1964, when it moved to its current location.
Both Prieto's original collection and subsequent acquisitions by the Spanish crown are formidable. In the Mint Museum, collections of coins from Greece, ancient Rome, Roman Hispania, the Middle Ages, the period of the Catholic Monarchs, the House of Austria and the House of Bourbon are exhibited. In addition to this magnificent collection, the institution has two exhibition rooms with coins ranging from the 19th century to the present.
The Mint also has exhibition areas dedicated to medals, graphic arts, different types of stamped paper, lotteries, philately and the exhibition of old minting and authentication machinery for paper money, in addition to traveling exhibitions of enormous interest.
Location
Museums in Madrid
Civil Buildings in Madrid
Religious Buildings in Madrid
