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Grand
Prize winner of the "EUROPEAN
UNION PRIZE FOR CULTURAL HERITAGE / EUROPA NOSTRA AWARD"
2009.
Winner of the V Peņalosa
Medal "MEDALLA
PEŅALOSA",
for the defense of the Cultural-Artistic Heritage of Segovia.
Winner of the "SEGOVIAN
OF THE YEAR" 2009 award. |
 Murray receives the Grand Prize of 10.000 euros from Her Royal Highness the Infanta Doņa Pilar de Borbón, President of EUROPA NOSTRA. |
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We have a great collection of photos of the restoration project being carried out right now at the Segovia Mint. The construction work is moving along at a good pace and the results are superb. We have been spearheading every step of the effort for over 16 years and are extremely pleased to see that our dreams and plans are finally coming true. See all our photos in: Restoration.
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 New photos January 2010 New
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The
FRIENDS OF THE SEGOVIA MINT Association is now listed in
FACEBOOK, under the name of "Ceca
Segovia". Visit us there and make yourself a friend
of Ceca
SG (Segovia Mint) free.
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New
project led by the Friends of the Segovia Mint Association and
the Landesmuseum
für Technik und Arbeit in Mannhein, Germany, for the
study and documentation of coining machines, tools and
processes of the 16, 17 and 18th centuries.
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With
these handcrafted cut-out versions of our coins, we hope to
show one more product that could be made and sold in the
workshops of the future Segovia Mint Museum.
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The
latest die by our member engraver, Juan Jose Sanchez Castaņo.
These new pieces will be struck during the San Frutos
festivities, Saturday, October 24, at the door to the
Cathedral, just below the statue of San Frutos. Sunday
October 25, we offer a guided tour of the Eresma River along
side the mint building. |
 A "latent image" simulates the Passing of the Page! |
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Thanks to
the continued support of the CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND
INDUSTRY OF SEGOVIA, the Association has been able to
publish a new brochure about the Mint, in which we show our
support towards the Mint Restoration as the "Flagship
Project" of the candidature of Segovia to be the European
Capital of Culture in 2016.
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WE SUPPORT THE CANDIDATURE The FRIENDS OF THE SEGOVIA MINT Association energetically supports the Candidature of our city for "European Capital of Culture - 2016". We are certain that the European dimension of the project to restore Mankind's Oldest Industrial Monument -the Royal Mill Mint of Segovia- justifies this project being recognized by all as the "european cultural project par excellence of Segovia" as part of our city's candidature (read more).
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On July
13, 2009, the Association officially requested this new
recognition for the the Segovia Mint. The "European
Heritage Seal" is a new award scheme established in
2007 by the European Union for the purpose of spotlighting
monuments and natural spaces that have played an essential
role in the history of Europe.
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The Association is spearheading a project to locate world mints which produced coins in the modern era, from 1500. (read more).
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Member Javier Verdejo has donated a
collection of 392 coin auction catalogs dating from the early
70s through 2009 to the library of the Association. This
is his third major dotantion of books and we now have catalogs
from virtually every important auction which has taken place
over the past 40 years. We invite members to continue
expanding our library. |
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The book explains the scientific reasoning behind the proposal of the Chamber of Commerce that the Royal Mint of Segovia be recognized as the "Oldest, most advanced and complete industrial manufacturing plant in the world" and as such, be declared a "Heritage of Mankind" site. The Chamber of Commerce has a .pdf version of the book on its website.
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The Association has
launched coins struck with our new reverse die during the
celebration of the 2nd anniversary of "Mint Day",
February 14, 2009. The new die was designed by our
engraver and member Juan Jose Sanchez, and carries the date
2009. See all of our coins in: Association. |
Buy a coining die of your own design and we will take our hammer-press and the Segovia Mint to your inaugurations, fiestas and other special events. info@segoviamint.org |
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You can learn the
history of the Segovia Mint in a fun and easy way through this
comic, with illustrations by the famous Segovian humorist and
painter, Jose Orcajo, and texts by historian Glenn Murray. |
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1.
The Effects of the Great Potosi Mint Scandal in Spain. 2. The Royal Mil Mint of Segovia: a Hydraulic Coining Factory. 3. Auction of the Madrid, Seville, Segovia and Jubia Mints (1863-1883). 4. El Vellon de Molino y la Mecanizacion a la Segoviana de las Cecas Castellanas. 5. Los Cincuentines de la Coleccion Marques de Solanes. 6. The Hall Mint in Tyrol during the 15th and 16th Century and its relation to Spain. 7. King Philip II: The Missing Assayer Mark on his Coins from the Segovia Mint. |
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