CATALOGUE EXPOSITION "PIEDRA Y METAL"ID91302100
The need to nationalise and nationalise the production of banknotes in Spain led to the FNMT taking charge of their printing, and in 1944 the decision was taken to build a paper money factory in Burgos so as not to depend on foreign agents.
The need to nationalise and nationalise the production of banknotes in Spain led to the FNMT taking charge of printing them, and in 1944 the decision was taken to build a paper money factory in Burgos so as not to depend on foreign agents. It was to be integrated organically into the FNMT, which at that time had secured exclusive rights to print banknotes from the Banco de España.
The official inauguration of the finished works took place on 28 July 1953. Since then, all the sheets of paper bearing the watermark for the 100, 200, 500, 1,000, 2,000, 5,000 and 10,000 peseta banknotes have been produced, as well as the euro and banknotes for other countries.
| ISBN | 978-84-89157-98-9 |
| Publisher | Museo Casa De La Moneda |
CATALOGUE EXPOSITION "PIEDRA Y METAL"
The Burgos Mint was located on the Camino de Santiago, in what is now Calle San Juan, as early as the 13th century. The building was on the corner of the esgueva or stream, later known as ‘de la moneda’, which in the mid-19th century would be covered and converted into what is now Calle de la Moneda. It occupied, including courtyards and green spaces, several of the current building plots, but without filling the block. It has undergone several extensions and improvements since the Middle Ages.
The great families of the aristocracy and commerce of Burgos occupied leading positions in the Mint. These include the Mazuelo, Astudillo and Salamanca families, among many others. Some of them are represented in the armorial of the Knights of the Holy Sacrament and the Knights of Santiago.
The geographical location of the Burgos mint, the most northerly in Castile, explains the influence of trade with Flanders, which gave access to the silver mines of Germany and Central Europe. The main trade routes of the Crown of Castile converged here, making it a point of reference in the production of coins for the whole kingdom between the 13th and 16th centuries.
The change in monetary policy brought about by the discovery of America led to the decline of the Burgos mint, which began to mint, to a large extent, in fleece and copper, with the Duke of Lerma as its perpetual treasurer from 1601. Coin resealing was a major activity in the 17th century.
Although the Burgos Mint had carried out its last minting activity in 1681, it was finally closed in 1728, on the occasion of the centralisation carried out by the Bourbon administration in the 18th century, following the accession of King Philip V to the throne.