The MARQ brings to Elda the travelling exhibition "Coins: All Faces of History".

The Archaeological Museum of Elda welcomes until next June the exhibition "Coins.All sides of the story" comprising a valuable numismatic collection from the collections of the MARQ. The vice-president of the Diputación de Alicante and mayoress of the locality. Adela Pedrosa will open the event this evening at 20:00. This travelling exhibition which, after visiting Elche, Sant Vicent del Raspeig, Monforte del Cid and Alcoy, is now coming to the town of Eldense.

         Through an interesting journey, the exhibition explains to the visitor the reasons for the emergence,disappearance and survival of the different monetary values and systems that have been used in the province throughout its history.. A total of 150 coins and four reproductions This collection is sponsored by SUMA-Gestión Tributaria.

In addition, the exhibition pays special attention to the scientific content, as well as to the aesthetic and didactic aspects of this object, and devotes a space to the numismaticsan ancillary science of history that deals with the study of coins, its manufacturing systems, on collecting, on the phenomenon of the formation of coin hoards or their use as a historical documentation tool.

The exhibition is completed with the publication of a didactic guidea audiovisual and various QR codes which allow visitors to consult detailed information on different types of coins via the museum's website and thus extend the content acquired during their visit.

 

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