Joyas numismáticas del Instituto Valencia de Don Juan: de los carolingios a Fernando VII

Exhibition at the Museo Casa de la Moneda in Madrid bringing together a selection of gold, silver and billon coins from the numismatic collection of the Instituto Valencia de Don Juan, from the Middle Ages to the 19th century.

The Museo Casa de la Moneda presents a selection from the numismatic collection of the Instituto Valencia de Don Juan, considered one of the most important in Spain. The pieces, made of gold, silver and billon, were minted between the Middle Ages and the 19th century, and are displayed alongside historical documents showing how political power changed across the various Iberian territories.

The visit unfolds across three rooms and follows the coinage of the Christian Hispanic kingdoms, from the Carolingian period to the reign of Ferdinand VII. The first room brings together the gold and silver coinage of the western area of the Peninsula between the 12th century and the beginning of the reign of the Catholic Monarchs. The second focuses on the Marca Hispánica, where the Carolingians promoted the recovery of Christian coinage, and on the minting of billon in Jaca by the Kingdom of Aragon at the end of the 11th century, followed by that of the Navarrese monarchs in the 12th century.

The collection was assembled by Guillermo de Osma and Adela Crooke, who conceived it as a set of historical sources and sought to preserve pieces from different places to prevent their destruction or their removal from Spain. It is designed for those interested in history and numismatics who want to follow the evolution of coinage over several centuries.