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Royal Mint of Xuvia

Neda, Ferrol, A Coruña

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Royal Mint of Xuvia

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Copper works founded by order of 1790 at the place of Xuvia, parish of Santa María de Neda, to clad the ships being built at the Ferrol shipyard; production did not start until 1803. The war against the French turned it into a mint in 1811, and in 1812 its first coins came out, worth eight maravedís. It lost ground to the Segovia mint from 1815 and stopped minting between 1827 and 1835, when it was given over to making tinplate; it resumed minting decimal-system coinage in 1850 and, after a temporary closure, struck escudo centimes from 1866. In 1868 the Ferrol-born writer Benito Vicetto was appointed superintendent, the year it closed along with the Segovia mint; the site later became a textile factory.

Photo: Panagiotis Pantazis (Attribution)

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