The Tomás Francisco Prieto Award, General Engraver of the King Carlos III Mints, was launched in 1990 by the Foundation "Casa de la Moneda", in the "Award for a whole work" category, with the aim of promoting the art of the medal among the great names of the Spanish artistic scene, as the awarding of the prize implies the commitment of the winning artist to design a medal with a free theme.

This medal is minted by the Fábrica Nacional de Moneda y Timbre-Real Casa de la Moneda, with a print run limited to 225 copper units, 40 silver units and only two gold units.

The artists awarded with the Tomás Francisco Prieto Prize has been: Eduardo Chillida (1990), Antoni Tapies (1991), Antonio López García (1992), Eduardo Arroyo (1993), Pablo Palazuelo (1994), Andreu Alfaro (1995), Antonio Saura (1996), José Luis Cuevas (1997), Luis Gordillo (1998), Carmen Laffón (1999), Roberto Matta (2000), Juan Barjola (2001), Rafael Canogar (2002), Antoni Clavé (2003), Martín Chirino (2004), Luis Feito (2005), Albert Rafols Casamada (2006), Pepe Hernández (2007), Guillermo Pérez-Villalta (2008), Eva Lootz (2009), Alfredo Alcaín (2010), Susana Solano (2011), Juan Navarro Baldeweg (2012), Cristina Iglesias (2013), Jaume Plensa (2014), Jose Maria Sicilia (2015), Mitsuo Miura (2016), Victoria Civera (2017) and Jose Manuel Broto (2018).