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The Aspe Historical Museum has inaugurated the numismatic exhibition "Coins.All sides of the story". More than 150 pieces from the MARQ collections make up this new exhibition that explains the reasons for the appearance, disappearance and survival of the different values, coins and monetary systems that have been used in the province of Alicante throughout history.
The Fundación de la Comunidad Valenciana MARQ has organised this exhibition which pays special attention to the scientific content as well as the aesthetic and didactic aspects of this object. The exhibition, made up of 150 coins and four reproductionsexplains the different points of view from which the visitor can approach the contemplation of these pieces.
The museum in Aspe, which will host the exhibition until 8 November, is located in what is known as the "Aspe Museum". El Cisco" house or "Las Escalericasa typical farmhouse from the end of the 19th century which was acquired by the Town Hall to be used as a Social Centre. Since the year 2000, this building has been the headquarters of the Historical Museum of Aspas and has two different permanent exhibition rooms, one for ethnology and the other for archaeology.
On the first floor of this building, the temporary exhibition "Coins. All sides of history" has been set up on the first floor of this building. The first area contains the introductory text to the exhibition and two panels illustrating the general aspects of the coinage and numismatics as well as on the different systems used throughout history for the production of coins. In addition, a audiovisual which explains the most widely used manufacturing system for producing currency throughout history: the hammer minting.
In a second area, usually used for didactic activities, there are displays and an audiovisual presentation about the currencies and monetary systems that have been used over the centuries in the province of Alicante. A final panel explains the use made of historians of coins for rebuilding our past.
