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The Association
The FRIENDS OF THE SEGOVIA MINT Association
was founded on November 5, 1993 and listed in the Government
Registry on November 9 with the number 990, which now is our number
with the Provincial Registry of Associations, on file in the Segovia
Delegation of the Assembly of Castile and Leon, the regional
administration. Our number in the Segovia City Hall registry
of Associations is 97. The Association was created for the
purpose of promoting the restoration of the historic Segovia Mint
and its conversion to a "living museum". The
official restoration project was successfully begun on February 14,
2007, now known as "Mint Day" in Segovia.
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This is the location of our headquarters:
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OF THE SEGOVIA MINT ASSOCIATION Plaza de la Merced, 8 40001, Segovia, ESPAÑA |
This is our postal address (P.O. Box) for all postal mail and packages:
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OF THE SEGOVIA MINT ASSOCIATION Apartado de Correos 315 40080, Segovia, ESPAÑA |
These are our telephone numbers:
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Office: (+34) 921 - 42 09 21 Cell: (+34) 652 - 277 300 |
This is our e-mail address:
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Our headquarters (click
on photos to enlarge)
On November 20, 2007 we inaugurated our new headquarters at the centrally located Merced Plaza, in Segovia, a short walk and half way between the Main Plaza and the Alcazar castle. Oue headquarters are located immediately next door to the romanic, 13th century San Andres Church, and is offered to us as a contribution by the GRUPO IH Company. We have a large meeting hall for our reunions, an office-library, and a special coin-striking room for our hammer press, as can be seen in the above photos.
The Board of Directors of the Association
On April 29, 2008, the new Board of Directors was elected during the Extraordinary General Assembly of the members. The members of the new Board of Directors are: Glenn Murray (President), Miguel Ángel Herrero (Vicpresident), Carlos Arribas Ayuso (Treasurer), David María Sanz (Secretary), Julia Casaravilla Peysoto (Assistant Board Member 1º), y Miguel de Miguel (Assistant Board Member 2º).
Our hammer-struck medals
(click
on photos to enlarge)
Only monetary issues struck by government
authority are defined as "coins". Our hammer struck
pieces are private medallic issues.
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OBVERSES
The above photos show pieces struck on our hammer press using our 8 different obverse dies. The die featuring the Segovia aqueduct was hand worked by our master engraver and member Juan Jose Sanchez, who uses the centuries old method of engraving with a burin and magnifying glass.
REVERSES
The two pieces we show above have been struck with our reverse dies, which we combine with obverse dies according to each occasion or special requests. All of our pieces are individually struck on 25 mm planchets of copper or silver on our hammer press (see photo below), made specially for our Association by our friends at the historic Mint museum at Hall in Tyrol, Austria, which is the same Mint that built the original machinery for the Segovia Mint in 1583. We were able to purchase the press thanks to the help given to us by our friends at the Segovia Savings Bank.
Our engraver and member, Juan Jose
Sanchez Castaño,
has made two dies for us: the obverse die with the aqueduct
and the reverse die with the four monuments.
Presently, he is working at the Singapore Mint.
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"Mint Day" in Segovia
(click on photos to enlarge)
Following a suggestion made by Jose Antonio Gomez Municio, journalist from Segovia, the FRIENDS OF THE SEGOVIA MINT Association has declared February 14 as "Mint Day" in Segovia, in commemoration of the start up of the restoration work at the Mint, which took place on February 14, 2007. Below you can see the invitations we sent for each celebration, as well as photos of the event.
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First Anniversary.
Mint Day - 2008
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Second
Anniversary. Mint Day - 2009