News
Murray named honorary member of the Círculo Numismático de Santa Cruz, Bolivia
Published 04/01/2024
The president of the Circulo Numismático de Santa Cruz, Mr. José Ignacio Pantoja Orihuela, has informed Glenn Murray that he has been named an HONORARY MEMBER of the association, dedicated to promoting the Culture and Economic History of Bolivia. Murray visited Santa Cruz de la Sierra, the largest city in Bolivia, twice in 2016; on March 24th giving a conference at the Centro Cultural Plurinacional. Friends of the Segovia Mint hopes to publish a new edition of our book “Mints of Potosí and Lima…” if we can find an interested party in Bolivia or Peru to print and locally sell the book, since our South American edition fron 2016 is long sold out.
Murray interviewed: his latest book, donation and auction of his coin collection, and lots more.
Published 01/12/2023
Ruben Marcos Sanchez, director of the YouTube chanel ‘Fabulis In Tempore’ interviewed Murray in the lower patio of the Segovia Mint on December 1. The 56 minute interview touches on many points which the Friends of the Segovia Mint Association is currently working, as well as the many fascets of Murray’s work which go beyond the hobby of simply collecting coins. (Link to video).
MURRAY COLLECTION: donation and auction with proceeds for the Association
Published 01/11/2023
The collection of coins put together by Glenn Murray when he lived in South America from 1977 to 1986, is being auctioned now by Jesus Adame Numismatica. Murray donated the colecction to the Association in April of 2022, with the order to sell it and apply the proceeds to the Association’s projects: publications, coin striking, investigations, website, etc. (Link to the auction at Jesús Adame Numismatica), (Link to the catalog in high resolution).
Conference with unpublished photos of the Mint restoration project
Published 30/10/2023
With more than 175 unpublished photos in a powerpoint presentation, Glenn Murray documents the reconstruction of the Segovia Mint from its ruinous state of abandon before 2007, until the conclusion of the project in 2011. The conference, in the Esteban Vicente Museum (Monday, 20-nov-2023, at 19:30 o'clock), is organized by Friends of the Segovia Heritage Association, of which Murray is a co-founder 20 years ago.
OUR NEXT PUBLICATION “Self Guided Tour of the Industrial History of the Segovia Mint”.
Published 26/10/2023
Our self-guided tour handbook of the industrial history of the Mint is now completed and ready for press. The concept of visualizing the flow of metals through the different departments of the factory are better seen, explained and understood from the three patios of the complex. The visit consists of 8 viewpoints shown on the map, and the time needed to complete the circuit is around 40 minutes. Publication format: Din-A-4, 32 pages, with 88 color photos. Versions in Spanish and English.
Murray's conference in Santo Domingo-2023 (Dominican Republic) on cincuentines
Published 12/10/2023
The text version of the conferences given at the numismatic mega-event in Santo Domingo have been published. This pdf is an extract of the talk given by Glenn Murray on UNCODING THE OVERDATES OF THE 50-REAL CINCUENTIN COINS minted in Segovia. (free download)
BOOK PRESENTATION IN SEGOVIA: “Boato y Tecnología…” (7-oct, 17:00) Royal Segovia Mint Museum
Published 20/09/2023
The Friends of the Segovia Mint Association, celebrating our 30th aniversary, has published a new book on the giant 50-real silver cincuentin pieces and the 100-escudo gold centen pieces. The book was presented to the numismátic community by author Dr. Glenn Murray, at the mega-event for historians and numismatists held this past July in Santo Domingo, the Dominican Republic. The new book has 345 pages, Din-A-4 format, in color. Presentation in Segovia, at the Royal Segovia Mint Museum, Saturday, 7th of October, 2023, at 17:00 o'clock. The presentation is open to the public, and members can request their free books at the event.
NEW BOOK: “Boato y tecnología, cincuentines, centenes y escudos de a ocho. Las monedas especiales del Real Ingenio de Segovia”.
Published 30/06/2023
Our latest book is a catalog of all the 50 real and 8 and 100 escudo coins struck at the Segovia Mill Mint, with photos, number of pieces produced, map of roller-die usage, and other important data on these rare and esclusive issues. Extensively backed by historic archive documentation, with many documents illustrated. 345 pages, hardback with custom box 85€ and paperback 60€ editions. (International presentation: Santo Domingo, 30-june-2023). (Video of the book). (FREE book for members). (Where to purchase)
Guided Mint tour for the numismátic Association Reverso y Anverso
Published 15/04/2023
Around 30 members of the Reverso y Anverso Association, from various points around Spain, were given a guided tour of the Mint, offered by Glenn Murray on Saturday, April 15. Later, after apetizers at the Mint’s Ingenio Chico terrace, the group had lunch at Casares restaurant. (video)
Murray will explain overdates on Segovia cincuentin coins in the numismatic megaevent in Santo Domingo, June 28, 2023
Published 14/04/2023
We have located around 221 different cincuentin, or 50 real pieces, of 20 different dates. Of these dates, which run from 1609 to 1682, 9 years are overdates. Some of these overdates have been interpreted erroneously in catalogs and auctions. In this study, we have developed a map of roller-dies, examining not only the date itself, but other factors as well in order to correctly trace the origin of each die.
Call for the 30th General Assembly of the Association, 2023
Published 11/04/2023
The 30th General Assembly of the Association will take place in the old Casa de Socorro, on Arias Davila Street, number 1, on April 29th, 2023, at 12:00 first call and 12:30 second call.
The Association is a backer of the Santo Domingo MMXXIII numismatic megaevent
Published 06/04/2023
After Potosi, Arequipa and Cartagena de Indias, the IV Numismatic Megaevent will take place in Santo Domingo, the Dominican Republic, from the 28th of June til the 2nd of July. Several members of Friends of the Segovia Mint will be present. Murray is the vicepresident for Spain, of the 26 countries participating.
GUIDE to documents on COINS, MINTS and MONETARY POLICY in the section Consejo y Juntas de Hacienda of the Simancas Archive
Published 05/04/2023
The Association is now distributing the inventory of documents that Glenn Murray prepared for the Madrid Mint Foundation (RCM-FNMT) between the years 1989 and 2001, of one of the sections of the Simancas General Archive: Consejo y Juntas de Hacienda (CJH). The inventory is made up of 6,135 individual entrys, comprising 2,101 pages, running from the year 1512 until 1705, which can be downloaded free of charge. (download free)
Visit the Segovia Mint Museum, with Glenn Murray
Published 25/03/2023
On the ocasion of the Convention in Segovia of the Asociacion Española de Numismaticos Profesionales, our member, bloger and investigator, Adolfo Ruiz Calleja, brought a group of his supporters to visit the Segovia Mint Museum, Guided by Gloenn Murray. (video).
HANS KHEVENHÜLLER. Renovation of his tomb in the Church of the Jeronimos, in Madrid. Conferences, publication and visit to the Segovia Mint.
Published 12/03/2023
Khevenhüller was the Imperial ambassador in the Court of Phillip II and one of the king’s closest counselors. It was Khevenhüller that organized and carried out the entire operation to introduce the coin rolling mills to Spain starting in 1580, through the construction of the plant until 1588, with a team of 14 german technicians under his comand. Friends of the Segovia Mint participated in the event, and invited the attendees to visit this grand project of Khevenhüller’s in Segovia. (Link to pdf) (video)
Unciphering numismatic mysteries with historic documentation. – Conference . Murray
Published 31/08/2022
Dr. Murray participates in the II Cycle of Conferences of the UNAM, México, - Current debates on monetary history. (Wednesday, 13-August-2022, 12:00 – 14:00.
Potosi – Conference: “The second Potosí Mint, according to the plans for its construction in the General Archive of Seville”.
Published 29/07/2022
To honor the 249th Aniversary of the Potosí Mint, Glenn Murray has been invited to participate in the talks, expanding on a topic which comes from his book publishen in Potosí in 2016.
437th anniversary of the first trial coining in the Royal Segovia Mill Mint.
Published 09/07/2022
Today the Association celebrates the 437th anniversary of the first trial coining in the Royal Segovia Mill Mint. This event took place in the presence of especially famous people barely one month after the industrial Convoy arrived in Segovia from the Mint in Hall in Tyrol, where the machinery was made. (see image)
We support the initiative of Bolivia to have an important Mint document included in the International Memory of the World Register UNESCO
Published 04/07/2022
We have sent a letter of support to the Potosí Mint – Cultural Foundation of the Central Bank of Bolivia, as requested, to have the ‘list of instruments sent from Spain (1750 and 1758) to equip the new Mint, in the above stated World Register. The document is held in the Potosi Mint Archive, and we emphasize its importance. Murray gave a ‘virtual’ conference on this document at the Potosi Mint in July of 2021.
Numismátics, much more than just collecting coins. – Glenn Murray
Published 30/06/2022
Story of Murray’s life, from starting as a coin collector at 7 years old, to working as a photographer in Perú, and restoring the Royal Segovia Mill Mint in Spain. Link to journal: Pgs. 43-56.
Meeting in the Assembly of Castile and Leon about the Mint Museun and Aqueduct
Published 22/06/2022
The president of the Associatión, Glenn Murray, held a meeting today in Valladolid regarding possible improvements for the Segovia Mint Museum, and in his capacity as the EUROPA NOSTRA award recipiant of the European Union, regarding his proposals for the protection and conservation of the Segovia Aqueduct. Present in the meeting were the Vice-counsil for Cultural Action, Ms. Mar Sancho, and the Director General for Cultural Heritage, Mr. Juan Carlos Prieto. (click links to see reports presented)
VIDEO of the inaugural conference of the 487 anniversary of the Mexican Mint by Dr. Murray
Published 11/05/2022
Dr. Murray gives the inaugural conference at the celebration of the Mexico City Mint, with photographs of his private visit to the Apartado Plant when coins were still being struck there in 1985. Recognition for participating. YouTube VIDEO
Dr. Murray will give the inaugural presentation at the 487 Anniversary of the Mexico Mint
Published 05/05/2022
“Remembrances, the Apartado Mint when it was still striking coins”, is the title of Dr. Murray’s inaugural presentation for the grand anniversary of the Mexican Mint. The presentation consists of 47 photos (all in the technology section of our website) which Murray took on his private visit to the Mexican Mint at the Apartado division in 1985, when coins were still being struck there.
LUNCH AT THE INGENIO CHICO restaurant, after the General Assemblies of the Association
Published 02/04/2022
After the General and Extraordinary Assemblies on April 2, 2022, the members of the Board of Directors and several other members of the Association made a technical visit to the Mint Museum, after which they they had a festive lunch at the Mint’s Ingenio Chico restaurant, located in the building where the famous cincuentin and centen coins were struck.
CALL FOR THE GENERAL AND EXTRAORDINARY ASSEMBLY - Abril 2, 2022
Published 18/03/2022
We have sent, via postal mail, to all members on the 18th of March, 2022, the Yearly Report for 2021, and the call to the General and Extraordinary Assembly which will take place on April 2, 2022.
NEW FREE PUBLICATION: “Proposal for the reactivation in 1750 of the hydraulic Mint in Cuenca”
Published 07/03/2022
The mechanized Mint at Cuenca was built in 1661, using as a technological model Phillip II’s hydraulic Mint in Segovia. This proposal, dated in 1750, includes a detailed description and inventory of everything needed to put the Mint, closed and striped of machinery in 1728, back in operation. The author was the partner in Cuenca of Nicolas Peinado, engineer in charge of mechanizing the Mexico Mint in 1730. The document is an important link between these mints as well as the Potosi Mint, whose rolling mills were built in Seville in 1750. [Download free]
Important donation by Emilio Ortiz for the Association’s library
Published 02/03/2022
From Puerto Rico, the famous numismatist Emilio Ortiz sends us the three volumes of his detailed study, of over 40 years, of cuartillos (1/4 real pieces) from the colonial and republican periods of all the Latin American Mints. A monumental study, profusely illustrated, it now forms part of the more than one thousand books which our Association currently has to help found the future numismatic library of the Segovia Mint Museum. Many thanks, Emilio!
WE ARE MEMBERS OF HISPANIA NOSTRA - These are our membership benefits.
Published 17/02/2022
FRIENDS OF THE SEGOVIA MINT continues as a member of HISPANIA NOSTRA, with membership number 1249. Our members enjoy free entrance to Spanish National Museums, and others. See all the advantages in this link.
Biographical data in WIKIPEDIA of Dr. Glenn Murray - President of the Association
Published 16/02/2022
Here is a direct link to the biographical data, and some publications of Dr. Glenn Murray, President of the Association. The Wikipedia listing was made by EUROPA NOSTRA after awarding the well known numismatist and founder of the Association with the Grand Prize for Cultural Heritage of the European Union in 2009.
WE PARTICIPATE IN THE 'MUCAIN' PROJECT for the construction of a Museum of the Galleon Route to the Indes.
Published 12/02/2022
The Friends of the Segovia Mint Association participates in the MUCAIN (Museum of the Galleon Route to Indies) Project, of Ricardo Férnandez González, for the construction of a Museum which explains in detail the treasure route to the Indes. VIDEO.
Book donations in Colombia for the library of Friends of the Segovia Mint
Published 10/12/2021
Various participants in the numismatic mega-event in Cartagena, Colombia, donate books for our Association’s library. Of special note are books on coinage of Chile, Peru, Mexico, El Salvador and Colombia. These books will be part of the content for the future numismatic library of the Museum of the Segovia Mint.
VIDEO of Dr. Murray's CONFERENCE in CARTAGENA DE INDIAS. "Spanish coinage, the increasing lack of care in its production..."
Published 06/12/2021
I. Preliminary virtual conference (18-sept-2021), "The roller mill coining at the Segovia Mint..." with lots of photos of machines and roller dies. II. Conference in person in Cartagena (2-dec-2021) during the numismatic mega-event in Colombia, about the increasing lack of care in the production: motives, consecuences and solutions, and the 'authorization' to strike coins with irrregular edges. Certificates: "Participación de Oro", y "Vicepresidentes Cartagena 2021".
THE CONSTANT DECLINE IN THE CARE OF HAMMER STRIKING SPANISH SILVER COINS. Murray's conference in Cartagena, Colombia
Published 02/12/2021
In his conferencia in Cartagena, Colombia, during the 3rd Numismatic Mega-event Cartagena 2021, Dr. Murray analizes the reasons that caused the decline in the form of coins struck by hammer at Spanish mints, the consequences and the solutions which finally put an end to the problem. Of special interest is an effort to solve this problem made in 1610, headed up by Diego de Astor, the inventor of the giant 50 real pieces, and engraver at the Segovia Mint, after which the Treasury retracted its order, and 'authorized' the rapid striking of deformed coins so as not to delay the king´s payments. [download free]
THE SCANDAL OF THE 1622 CINCUENTIN, by Glenn Murray (© 2021)
Published 26/10/2021
A true history taken directly from the Simancas Archive documents, about influential segovians and their experiences in the two Segovia Mints during the bonanza period of the principal industry of the city: coining. [Download free]
FRIENDS OF THE SEGOVIA MINT IN THE MEGAEVENT CARTAGENA-2021
Published 18/09/2021
Friends of the Segovia Mint is participating in the ‘3rd International Convention of Historians and Numismatists’. This year, after Potosí in 2016 and Arequipa in 2018, the event takes place in Colombia. Murray is the vice president for Spain and will give a conference titled: SPANISH SILVER COINS, THE DECLINING ROUNDNESS OF HAMMER STRUCK COINS: REASONS, CONSEQUENCES AND SOLUTIONS. We will have a special banner in the conference hall and several of our members will be present. Location: Intercontinental Hotel, Cartagena, Colombia, December 1 – 5, 2021.
NEW FREE PDF - AUCTIONS OF THE OLD MADRID, SEVILLE, SEGOVIA AND JUBIA MINTS
Published 05/09/2021
Our latest pdf is free to download, share and print. The auctioning of the old mints at Madrid, Seville, Segovia and Jubia (1866-1870). With interesting decriptions of the buildings. We launch this new publication in commemoration of the 16th anniversary of the signing of the restoration agreement for the restoration of the Segovia Mint on September 5, 2005. [Free download]
MURRAY REQUESTS HELP FROM UNESCO TO SAVE THE SEGOVIA AQUEDUCT
Published 15/08/2021
The president of the Friends of the Segovia Mint Association and Grand Prize winner of the EUROPA NOSTRA award for Cultural Heritage of the European Unión in 2009, Dr. Glenn Murray (video cleaning the observation look-out), has written a report for UNESCO in his capacity as a prize winning colaborator, on the alarming state of the Segovia Aqueduct. While 99% of the monument is in a realtively aceptable state of conservation, the bases of 3 columns are seriously deteriorated, and if one gives way, the entire monument could come crashing down due to the domino effect. See UNESCO pdf.
THE ASSOCIATION LAUNCHES ITS NEW WEB
Published 29/06/2021
After 24 years on internet, and being one of the first websites in Segovia (1997), the Association has now completely renovated its website. Thanks to the expertise of our programmer, Bernat Llabres, it is now possible to obtain information not available in the Mint museum, on any device anywhere. With more than 4,000 high quality images, the Association now takes the Segovia Mint to the entire world, offering a technical and scientific tour of the Mint, albeit virtual, that even the museum itself does not offer.
GUIDE TO MINT PRODUCTION DOCUMENTS IN THE SIMANCAS ARCHIVE
Published 22/04/2021
Our publication for 2021 is this guide to the accounting documents of mints in the General Archive of Simancas. We conisder this an authentic treasure map for research on all aspects of Spanish peninsular mints and truly hope it serves to inspire investigaions by collectors and historians alike. This guide can be downloaded, used and shared free of charge for everyone. [DOWNLOAD FREE]
WE ARE MEMBERS OF HISPANIA NOSTRA
Published 10/02/2021
See the advantages in 2021 for Hispania Nostra members in this link. We have just sent information to all members, via postal mail, regarding activities, accounting and the General Assembly.
TWO METERS OF WATER IN THE MUSEUM - ANOTHER FLOOD
Published 11/12/2020
Once again, the Mint is victim of the neglect by administrations in caring for the river. While some blame the CHD for not regulating the dam which sits above Segovia, others point to promises made by City Hall to un-block the river, and never kept. Please consult the Museum’s website for reopening dates.
Murray in México carries out research in the General Archive of the Nation
Published 14/11/2019
Murray carries out research in the principal mexican archive for mintage statistics. The Association has plans to publish mintage statistics in colaboration with Mexican authorities. Copies of our publications are donated to the libraries of the National Archive as well as the Mint Museum.
ROYAL FRAUD - OUR LATEST BOOK
Published 29/06/2019
Presenting the Association’s latest book: “ROYAL FRAUD…”. This is a true and documented historic narrative about the King’s coining experiments in his own private mint in Segovia. Secrets are revealed about an unknown royal scheme to strike debased coins. Official book presentation at the Royal Spanish Mint Museum in Madrid, on June, 29, 2019, with comentary in Adolfo Ruiz Calleja’s Blog (with Murray in photo) [LINK], and video-conference in ‘NNF Aprendiendo’ [LINK]. [© 2019, 15 x 21 cm, 296 pgs.] [BUY HERE]
OUR NEW BOOK - GUIDE TO THE MINT AND COINAGE OF SEGOVIA
Published 30/05/2018
Grand presentation, in the Conference Hall of Caja Segovia, on May 30. This new book is an updated version of our book from 2011 with photos of all the coins struck in Segovia. With 30% more pages, and descriptions of both mints, it’s the perfect reference to carry on a visit to the Mint Museum. [© 2018, 15 x 21 cm, 129 pgs.] [BUY HERE]
“The Tourism Potential of the Old Cuzco Mint” – Glenn Murray
Published 30/04/2018
Article by Glenn Murray in the UNAN NUMISMATIC journal, of the Unión Americana Numismática, in which Murray proposes the creation of a small Interpretrion Center of the Old Cuzco Mint in one of the small rooms of the Mint with door opening to the street. [Año IV. Nº. 23, March-April, 2018]. Link to journal: págs. 29-36.
NEW VERSION OF OUR COMIC WITH MORE PAGES
Published 29/01/2017
With the renewed help from the Segovian artist, Jose Orcajo, the Associatión has published an updated and enlarged version of our comic on the history of the mint. As with the first edition we published in 2002, the new comic is also available in Spanish and in English. [BUY HERE]
Celebration of the first international numismatic mega-event at the Potosí Mint, Bolivia
Published 23/10/2016
Numismatists from all over Latin America and much of Europe, get together at the Mint in Potosí, Bolivia, for activities which include conferences, visits, and presentations of new books, including 1,000 free samples of Friends of the Segovia Mint’s Bolivian edition of our book on the Potosí and Lima Mints. In the photo, Murray with Ruben Ruiz, museum director, and Jorge Proctor, the night of the gala dinner, at the entrance to the Mint.
We present our new book on the Mints of Potosi and Lima in the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, in Bolivia
Published 13/10/2016
The official presentation of the Bolivian edition of 1,000 copies of the Association’s latest book on the Mints of Potosi and Lima, takes place with the presence of the Minister and the Mayor of Potosí, in the headquarters of the Ministry for Culture and Tourism in la Paz, on October 10, 2016. [© 2016, 15 x 21 cm, 296 pgs.] [BUY HERE]
The Association present at the 480th anniversary celebration of the Mexico Mint
Published 11/05/2015
Friends of the Segovia Mint is present at the celebration at the Mexico City Mint on May, 11, 2015, where he gives a special presentation to the staff of the Museum at the Apartado Mint, with books on the Segovia Mint for each employee.
OUR NEW BOOK COMMEMORATES 400th ANNIVERSARY OF MADRID MINT
Published 07/11/2014
This definitive book on the quantities of coins struck at the Madrid Mint, is the Association´s way of celebrating the 400th anniversary of the Mint. Written by Dr. Glenn Murray, there are two book presentations: in Segovia at the Quintanar Palace, on November 5, and in Madrid at the AENP Numismatic Convention, on November 7. [© 2014, 15 x 21 cm, 187 pgs.] [BUY HERE]
WE OFFER LUNCH AND GUIDED MINT TOUR DURING NUMISMATIC CONVENTION
Published 11/05/2013
The first A.E.N.P. coin convention to be held in the restored Mint takes place on May 11. Friends of the Segovia Mint, has organized a guided tour of the building and a lunch in the Mint’s restaurant for our members and visiting friends.
IV ANNUAL SAN FRUTOS BENEFIT COIN STRIKING - 411 euros FOR THE AECC
Published 24/10/2012
Friends of the Segovia Mint giving the check for 411 euros to the Spanish Anti-Cancer Association. Proceeds came from the sale of San Frutos medals struck at the door of the Cathedral, below the San Frutos statue, on the eve of the Patron saint’s day, just before the turning of the page ceremony. Striking continues on San Frutos Day in our Association headquarters.
FREE MEDALS TOSSED INTO THE AIR - Celebrating 200 years of the Spanish Constitution - Aqueduct Plaza in Segovia
Published 23/08/2012
The Association celebrates the 200th anniversary of the Spanish Constitution (la Pepa) in Segovia, with the tossing into the air of a handfull of FREE MEDALS for the attending public, in the Azoguejo plaza beside the Aqueduct. VIDEO LINK
FREE MEDALS TOSSED INTO THE AIR - Celebrating 200 years of the Spanish Constitution - Main Plaza in Segovia
Published 23/08/2012
The Association celebrates the 200th anniversary of the Spanish Constitution (la Pepa) in Segovia, with the tossing into the air of a handfull of FREE MEDALS for the attending public, in the Plaza Mayor of Segovia. VIDEO LINK
MINT MUSEUM INAUGURATION WITH PANELS BY MURRAY (with videos)
Published 29/06/2012
Grand inauguration of the Mint Museum on June 29, 2012. The mint’s smithy and forge, as well as three large water wheels have been reconstructed. The exposition is composed of 50 didactic panels by Murray and the Association, and there is a concert in the evening. ENLACES VIDEOS: Room 1, Room 2, Room 2ª, Room 3, Room 4, Room 5, Room 6, ruedas hidráulicas.
THE ASSOCIATION REQUESTS ODYSSEY COINS FOR THE MINT MUSEUM
Published 13/03/2012
During the ‘5th Mint Day', which we celebrate this year in the Casa de los Picos, we announce our proposal to bring coins from the Odyssey to Segovia, holding a signature campaign. Our proposal receives immediate approval from politicians and Segovian society. The proposal with signatures, is delivered to the Ministry of Culture on March 13.
OUR COINING PERFORMANCE AND CUSTOM MADE DESIGNS - A SUCCESS
Published 15/02/2012
Aside from the three coining dies ordered by Sepulveda City Hall, and one by Segovia (Segovia-2016), we continue with new requests and issues. In 2008 we struck for Horizonte Cultural, in 2011 for Cuellar City Hall and the CEIP Peñascal school, and in 2012 for the Amanacer Association.
5th MINT DAY - COIN STRIKING AND BOOK PRESENTATION IN CASA DE LOS PICOS
Published 14/02/2012
The ‘5th Mint Day’ celebration, February 14, featured coining on our hammer press and presentation of our latest book, “The coins of Segovia…”, sponsored by Caja Rural and El Adelantado. The newspaper donates the set of coining dies they used for the series of medals they struck previously, to the Association.
Association member, Miguel Angel Cillanueva, presents his book on the accounting ledgers of the construction of the Royal Mill Mint, in Segovia (1583 – 1588)
Published 13/12/2011
Asociation member Miguel Angel Cillanueva, presents his book about the accounting ledgers of the construction of the Segovia Mint. His research was sponsored with a grant by Caja Segovia. The book analyzes in great detail the entirety of bundle 906 of the Tribunal Mayor de Cuentas section in the Simancas Archive, photocopied by Murray in 1995, who also assessed Cillanueva during the project.
SAN FRUTOS BENEFIT COIN STRIKING - 424 euros FOR APADEFIM
Published 24/10/2011
Once again, we strike medals for a special cause at the feet of San Frutos, above the entrance to the Cathedral, on the evening before the Patron Saint’s day. This year we collect 424 € for APADEFIM.
THE QUEEN OF SPAIN HANDS MURRAY THE EUROPA NOSTRA AWARD GRAND PRIZE
Published 25/11/2010
The President and Founder of the Association, Dr. Glenn Murray, recieves the Grand Prize, "European Union Award for Cultural Heritage / EUROPA NOSTRA", handed to him by the Queen of Spain, H.M. Doña Sofia, in a ceremony offered by HISPANIA NOSTRA and the Royal House, in the El Pardo Palace, for the Spanish award winners of 2009 and 2010. Murray was awarded the grand prize of 10.000€ in Taormina (Sicilia), Italy, in 2009.
II ANNUAL SAN FRUTOS BENEFIT COIN STRIKING - 573 euros FOR CARITAS
Published 24/10/2010
Friends of the Segovia Mint giving the check for 573 euros to Cáritas. Proceeds came from the sale of San Frutos medals struck at the door of the Cathedral, below the San Frutos statue, on the eve of the Patron saint’s day, just before the turning of the page ceremony. Striking continues on San Frutos Day in our Association headquarters.
EUROPA NOSTRA SPECIAL DELEGATES VISIT MINT UNDER CONSTRUCTION WITH MURRAY
Published 16/10/2010
A special delegation of EUROPA NOSTRA, which is visiting the award winning sites in Spain for 2009 and 2010, visits the Segovia Mint under construction, with Murray, a prize winner, who also offers them a guided tour of the city. The award ceremony will be in November, with the queen, at the El Pardo Palace.
Striking medals during the Festival of San Lorenzo, Segovia, 7-august-2010
Published 07/08/2010
The FRIENDS OF THE SEGOVIA MINT ASOCIATION takes its hammer striking coin press to different FESTIVALS and EVENTS, public and private, in the Province of Segovia. VIDEO LINK.
Medal striking during the Festival of the Fueros, in Sepulveda (Segovia), 2010
Published 17/07/2010
FOUR VIDEOS of Striking medals with the hammer press of the FRIENDS OF THE SEGOVIA MINT ASSOCIATION, in the Festival of the Fueros of 2010, in the Plaza of Spain, July 17, 2010. VIDEO-1, VIDEO-2, VIDEO-3, VIDEO-4.
MINT RECONSTRUCTION PHOTOS. We are currently posting unseen views of the work in progress on the website
Published 01/06/2010
With priviliged access, we have been able to fully document the most important parts of the building reconstruction. These images are posted on the Associacion’s website. (foto: Globos Borreal)
We launch our new die commemorating the Santa Agueda Festival of Zamarramala
Published 07/02/2010
Our in-house engraver and member Juan Jose Sanchez Castaño, has engraved a new obverse die for our hammer press. The new die is formally presented by Juanjo himself, at the Santa Agueda Festival on February 7, 2010, with the striking of our new pieces.
1st SAN FRUTOS BENEFIT COIN STRIKING - 561 euros FOR CARITAS
Published 24/10/2009
The Association strikes first issue commemorative San Frutos medals on October 24, eve of the Patron Saint’s Day, at the door to the Cathedral, just below the statue of San Frutos. The new die, was designed by our member Juan José Sánchez, and produced at the Hall in Tyrol Mint, in Austria. The medal has a latent image of the Saint’s book, so slightly moving the piece makes it appear as if the pages of the book are turning. This is our first “San Frutos Benefit Coin Striking”, this year taking in 561 euros for Caritas.
NEW FLYER PUBLISHED BY THE ASSOCIATION IN SPANISH AND ENGLISH
Published 28/08/2009
With the assistance of the Chamber of Commerce of Segovia, the Association publishes a special flyer about the cultural advantages in the restoration of the Segovia Mint towards the ‘Segovia-2016’ contest. 5,000 flyers are published in Spanish and another 5,000 in English, which Murray takes to the museums in Europe where he is investigating.
WE STRIKE MEDALS IN SEPULVEDA - 3 OBVERSES WITH NEW 4 MONUMENTS REVERSE
Published 10/07/2009
Once again, Sepulveda City Hall invites the Association to strike medals in the Fueros Festival. This year, we struck using combinations of one of the 3 previous obverse dies from Sepulveda, with the new reverse die of the 4 monuments, which carries the 2009 date.
MURRAY AWARDED THE 5th PEÑALOSA MEDAL - NOBLE LINEAGE
Published 27/06/2009
President of the Association, Dr. Glenn Murray, is awarded the V PEÑALOSA MEDAL, given by the Assembly of Noble Lineages of Segovia, in a ceremony held in the Sala Capitular of the Cathedral, with the presence of the Nobles, led by its Deputy Dean, Alfonso Gallego de Chávez, Marque of Quintanar. The medal, given in remembrance of D. Luis Felipe de Peñalosa, avid defender of Segovian Heritage, was awarded to Murray "Considering his defense of the Historic-Artistic heritage of Segovia, and especially the Mint".
GLENN MURRAY RECEIVES THE GRAND PRIZE EUROPA NOSTRA AWARD
Published 05/06/2009
The president of the Association, Glenn Murray, is selected as a Grand Prize winner of 10.000 euros in the prestigious European Union Prize for Cultural Heritage / EUROPA NOSTRA AWARDS 2009.in the category Individual Dedication, in Taormina (Sicilia) Italy. Murray, in his acceptance speach, donates the prize money in its entirety to the Friends of the Segovia Mint Association. The judges, presided over by Her Highness Doña Pilar de Borbon of Spain (photo), select Murray by unanimous decision, for his work towards restoring the Segovia Mint. In his acceptance speach, Murray donates the 10.000 euros to the Association. Murray is presented as a candidate for the prize by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Segovia. [Video of the award presentation]
MURRAY NAMED SEGOVIAN OF THE YEAR
Published 30/05/2009
Murray receives the SEGOVIAN OF THE YEAR award, given by the Segovian Center of Madrid, May, 30th, 2009, in the headquarters of the Center in Madrid. In the photo: the president of the Center, Antonio Horcajo, and the other award winner, Jesús Núñez.
WE PRESENT NEW BOOK AT CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
Published 15/02/2009
With a large turn out, during the 2nd ‘Mint Day’, held by the Association at the Chamber of Commerce, we present Murray’s new book, "Oldest industrial factory...". Published by the Chamber of Commerce, it contains the technical reasoning behind the proposal that the Segovia Mint be declared Industrial Heritage of Mankind, and was sent to administrations as well as the UNESCO. [Free book]
FIRST STRIKING NEW MEDAL ON 2nd MINT DAY - 4 MONUMENTS
Published 14/02/2009
The Association strikes the first medals with our new reverse die, 4 MONUMENTS, 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.
FIRST MINT DAY IN SEGOVIA. The Association celebrates one year of reconstruction work at the Mint
Published 14/02/2008
Big celebration in the Casa de los Picos on February 14, 2008, to commemorate the first anniversary of the start up of the Mint restoration. Friends of the Segovia Mint Assocciation invites all, with coin striking, free printed material and food and refreshments for everyone.
New headquarters for the Associación, on the Plaza de la Merced.
Published 20/11/2007
Friends of the Segovia Mint, with previous headquarters at Plaza Reina Doña Juana, opens its new location on the Plaza de la Merced, right next to the Church of San Andres. Big inauguration open-house celebration party on November 20, 2007, with coinstriking, projections, free printed materials and tapas and refreshments for all.
ASSOCIATION RECEIVES THE TIERRA DE SEGOVIA AWARD
Published 23/06/2007
The Segovian Center of Madrid celebrates its ‘Premios Tierra de Segovia, sus hijos y sus obras’, awards, giving the Association the ‘Fray Antonio de Villacastín’ award for restoration of Segovia heritage. Especially valued was: “the dedication and collective effort to recover this singular type of patrimony, towards which the Association has paid special attention, in a consistent manner, and finally seeing the project become a reality, saving this incomparable historic and architectonic monument, thanks to the member’s constant efforts”.
THE ASOCIATION STRIKES SEGOVIA 2016 MEDALS IN THE AZOGUEJO ON FULL MOON NIGHT
Published 01/06/2007
The association takes the hammer press to the Azoguejo on the nights of June 1 and 2, "1st Full Moon Night", so the public can strike their own medal of the Segovia-2016 candidature for European Capital of Culture.
WE STRIKE MEDALS AT THE GROUND BREAKING CEREMONY FOR MINT RESTORATION
Published 14/02/2007
Grand ceremony on the upper patio level of the Mint for the start up of the restoration project. In the photo, politicians striking medals on the Association’s hammer press, and Murray with the architects of the restoration.
ASSOCIATION OPENS MINT for filming of Goyas Ghosts
Published 04/10/2005
Director Milos Forman films various scenes for his film ‘Goyas Ghosts’, staring Natalie Portman (in photo), in the Segovia Mint from September 29 until October 4. The Segovia Mayor puts the keys to the Mint in the hands of the Association, to open and close the complex as well as see for its well being.
GRAND COIN STRIKING EVENT IN THE FESTIVAL OF THE FUEROS IN SEPULVEDA
Published 09/07/2005
Sepulveda City Hall orders a special die from us to strike a medal commemorating the 700th anniversary of the Fueros. First we strike in Sepulveda, and then we take the press to the festivals in Cuellar and Ayllon. Hundreds of people get to strike their own coin.
OUR HAMMER COINING PRESS ARRIVES FROM TYROL AUSTRIA
Published 04/06/2005
Caja Segovia assists the Association in promoting the cultural awareness of the Mint, by purchasing for us a hammer strike coining press. The press was made at the Hall in Tyrol Mint, in Austria, and comes with two dies. We already have requests for coining demonstrations at festivals and anniversaries.
MURRAY WINS THE SAN MARCOS GOLD LION AWARD
Published 23/04/2005
The Gold Lion Award is given by the San Marcos Neighborhood Association (where the Mint is located) to Murray, for “promoting and defending the Mint”
AWARD CEREMONY OF JUANELO TURRIANO FOUNDATION FOR MURRAY AND TEAM
Published 30/11/2004
Winners of the 12.000 € prize, Murray and his team, receive the International Garcia-Diego Award at the Royal Academy San Fernando of the Fine Arts, in Madrid, November 30th, 2004. Photo of attending Association members after the ceremony. The award winning study (“…Technological Marvel…”), is published in 2006.
SPECIAL SCHOOL VISIT. The Association offers guided tours of the Mint on special request
Published 13/11/2004
The Association continues to offer special guided Mint tours for school groups, with free handouts of the Mint History comic and the guide-map published by the Association. Dates can be arranged through our website.
The Association continues to offer guided tours of the Segovia Mint, now with our new 2004 edition guide-map
Published 07/08/2004
The twice monthly guided tours of the Segovia Mint are becoming overbooked. Remember that you must sign up and that there are limited spaces. We hand out free guide-maps of the Mint to all visitors.
WE PUBLISH A NEW GUIDE MAP FOR OUR MINT VISITS
Published 10/02/2004
Thanks to the large number of people who visit the Mint on our guided tours, our first guide map is out of supply and we have now printed a new and revised edition.
MURRAY’S DOCTORAL THESIS - OUTSTANDING CUM LAUDE
Published 02/02/2004
Murray recieves the highest score posible for his doctoral thesis: “THE ROYAL MILL MINT OF SEGOVIA: INDUSTRY AND COINS” (University of Valladolid, February 2, 2004). Directed by Angel García Sanz, the tribunal was composed by: Gonzalo Anes (president), Guillermo Céspedes (1st spokesman), María José Martín (2nd spokesman), Manuel Abad (3rd spokesman), and Juan Helguera Quijada (secretary).
The ROYAL SEGOVIA MINT FOUNDATION launches its website, hosted on our server
Published 01/01/2004
The Foundation sets as a goal to manage the on-line information of the old EuroMint website. Friends of the Segovia Mint Association lends the Foundation its server and structure.
10th Anniversary celebration of Friends of the Segovia Mint Association, in front of the Mint, and with refreshments for everyone
Published 09/10/2003
Big celebration if front of the Mint for the 10th anniversary of the Association. Materials are passed out and there is food and beverage for all. The mayor and several council members were present. The mayor promised the Mint reconstruction would begin in 2005.
The XIII International Numismatic Congress, in Madrid, visits the Segovia Mint
Published 19/09/2003
The atendees of the XIII International Numismatic Congress, being held in Madrid, come to Segovia to visit the Mint. The guided tour was offered by several members of the association who also accompanied the group for lunch.
The Ruta Quetzal comes to Segovia. We donate 300 issues of our Mint history comic and give tours
Published 13/07/2003
Miguel de la Cuadra Salcedo brings his famous Ruta Quetzal to Segovia on July 13, 2003. The treckers set up camp across the river from the Mint. Members of our Association lead visits to the Mint and pass out free copies of our Mint history comic.
EXPOSITION AND NEW BOOK CONCLUDE EUROMINT PROJECT
Published 11/11/2002
The Euromint Project (2000-2002), brought to Segovia thanks to contacts made via the Association’s website, wraps up with a grand exposition of 50 panels, the first edition of our comic about the history of the Mint, and a guide book, by Murray, about Spanish mints for promoting a tourist itinerary.
VISIT THE MINT PROGRAM. Now for the second year in a row the Association offers guided tours of the Mint.
Published 10/11/2002
We continue to offer the well recieved guided tours of the Mint which we began last June 3, 2001. This group on the 10th of November, 2002, navigates among materials for the Urgent Repairs which the Association had been demanding. Everyone received the Mint History Comic, and the Association’s guide-map of the Mint.
The 1st CENTRAL AMERICAN NUMISMATIC CONGRESS invites Murray to Costa Rica to speak
Published 19/09/2002
The first Central American Numismatic Congress, which takes place in San Jose, Costa Rica, has invited Murray to give a paper on September 19, 2002. The paper is titled: “The mechanization of the Spanish mints, from Segovia (1585) to Potosí (1767)”.
The Spanish National Mint launches in Segovia its new Segovia Mint Commemorative coins with a visit to the Mint included.
Published 16/10/2001
The president of the Spanish National Mint, Gonzalo Ferre, comes to Segovia to launch the new 4 coin series commemorating the Segovia Mint. These are the last coins to be struck in ‘pesetas’ in Spain. After a ceremony in the Torreon de Lozoya, there was a visit to the Segovia Mint with Murray.
ASSOCIATION PUBLISHES GUIDE-MAP TO HAND OUT IN OUR VISITS TO MINT
Published 03/06/2001
Sunday, June 3, 2001, the Association begins offering twice monthly visits for the general public to the Mint in ruins. Previously we publish a guide-map of the complex to hand out free to the visitors. The visits continue until 2007, when the reconstruction project begins.
THE SPANISH NUMISMATIC ASSOCIATION GIVES AWARD TO FRIENDS OF THE MINT
Published 28/02/2001
The A.N.E. awards Friends of the Segovia Mint Association with the “Excelente al Mérito Numismático” 2001 medal, “for the Association’s perseverance and fight to save Numismatic Heritage as represented by the Segovia Mint”. The medal is handed to the president and treasurer of Friends of the Segovia Mint, during the 25th National Coin Week convention, in Barcelona, on February 28, 2001.
The Association’s website brings about the EuroMint Project.
Published 01/01/2001
Contacts from Portugal and the Chec Rep. who visit the Association’s website see the possibilities of a European Project. Thus EuroMint was born, a European Project of the city halls of Segovia, Oporto y Kutná Hora. Friends of the Segovia mint is in charge of the EuroMint website.
MURRAY AWARDED THE SEGOVIANO BIEN VISTO PRIZE
Published 26/03/1999
Murray wins the 'Segoviano bien visto’ award in the category ‘culture and art’ in the 10th annual contest organized by Multioptica Damian. The secretary of Friends of the Segovia Mint hands Murray the statue.
The Association projects SEGOVIA CITY OF THE EURO, in an effort to have the Spanish euro launched from the restored Mint in January of 2002
Published 18/05/1998
In order to put the Segovia Mint restoration project back on the table, the Association suggests that Spain launches its new euro coin from the restored Segovia Mint, with a grand exposition: COINAGE IN EUROPE.
THE SENATE HEARS OUR PROPOSAL - SEGOVIA CITY OF THE EURO
Published 02/03/1998
The Association drafts a proposal to the administrations in September of 1997, in which the Mint would be restored in time to serve as the cultural venue for the launching of the euro in Spain in January of 2002. Our proposal, SEGOVIA CITY OF THE EURO, is very well received and in March of 1998 is heard in the Senate.
The Association proposes solutions to un-block the Mint restoration project
Published 09/09/1997
The project is blocked in 1997 while the contents of the future museum still seem not to be well understood. For this reason, the Association draws up plans for the usage of each of the buildings.
Launching of the Association’s website, SEGOVIAMINT.ORG, one of Segovia’s first websites
Published 13/06/1997
Developed by Scott Bednar, as a proof of talent project for an advancement in the company where he works, Boeing, our website, complete with our own domain, is launched on this date, commemorating the 500 anniversary of the famous Pragmatic of Medina del Campo, in 1497, one of Spain’s most important monetary ordinances.
Murray is consultant for the history of the Mint weir in the project for its reconstruction by the CHD River Department.
Published 14/02/1996
The reconstruction of the Mint’s weir, or dam, began in 1994 with an estimated cost of 49.922.749 pesetas, and is finally finished in February of 1996 fot an total of more than 100 million pesetas. The project is carried out by the CHD with its own machinery and crew. Murray is the consultant for the history of the weir, with major interventions in 1584 and 1771.
The Mint now in the GUINNESS BOOK OF RECORDS thanks to Friends of the Segovia Mint Association
Published 13/01/1996
After having submitted the corresponding documentation, Friends of the Segovia Mint has been successful in having the Mint included in the world book of records.
The FRIENDS OF THE SEGOVIA MINT ASSOCIATION is founded in 1993 to defend the Mint
Published 17/03/1993
Three years after City Hall forcefully occupied the Mint property, after a fire and with the side door broken on the ground, vandals took over the property. This is the situation in which the FRIENDS OF THE SEGOVIA MINT is established in 1993.
Ron Landis comes to Segovia in the summer of 1988
Published 01/07/1988
The renowned American engraver, Ron Landis, comes to Segovia to help with ‘Project Segovia ‘92’. He brings with him two giant bellows, dies to strike medals, and while here, designs the layout plan for the future Segovia Mint Museum.
HISPANIA NOSTRA announces ‘Project Segovia ‘92’ in July of 1988
Published 01/07/1988
‘Project Segovia ‘92’ for the restoration of the Segovia Mint and for the inauguration of its museum in 1992, becomes well known among those who defend Spain’s Historic Patrimony in the HISPANIA NOSTRA Association.
PROJECT SEGOVIA ’92 in the US numismatic press
Published 20/04/1988
Help from american numismatists takes the form of twin marching grants, of $5,000, each from the American Numismatic Association y Krause Publications to help the project Start Up in Segovia.
Murray launches ‘Project Segovia ‘92’, for the restoration of the Segovia Mint in Commemoration of the Quincentenial Celebration in 1992
Published 23/02/1988
The Segovia Mayor recieves materials on ‘Project Segovia ‘92’ by, Glenn Murray. The idea is to restore the Segovia Mint, as a living museum-workshop for coining and minting, and inaugurate the Museum in 1992, celebrating the events of the 500th anniversary of the Discovery of America. The renowned engraver Ron Landis, comes to Segovia and helps with the Project.
ARE YOU LOOKING FOR OLDER NEWS?
Published 01/01/1987
Our next book: SAVING THE SEGOVIA MINT, scheduled for publication in 2023, with over 800 pages of photos and news clippings of the history of the efforts to save the Segovia Mint by the Association, founded for this purpose in 1993, will have all the details.