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| Sociedad Numismática de México | |
|---|---|
| Name | Sociedad Numismática de México |
| Formation | 1914 |
| Headquarters | Mexico City |
| Leader title | President |
Sociedad Numismática de México is a Mexican learned society dedicated to the study, preservation, and dissemination of numismatic heritage including coins, medals, tokens, paper money, and related iconographic materials. Founded in the early 20th century, it connects collectors, researchers, museum professionals, archivists, curators, bibliophiles, and curators from institutions across Mexico and internationally. The society acts as a hub linking the histories of colonial Mexico, the Viceroyalty of New Spain, the Mexican War of Independence, and the Mexican Revolution with broader Iberian, American, and global numismatic traditions.
The society was established amid scholarly and collecting movements that included contemporaneous organizations such as the Real Academia de la Historia, the Museo Nacional de Antropología (Mexico), and the Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia. Early members drew on networks that involved figures associated with the Archivo General de la Nación (Mexico), the Biblioteca Nacional de México, and the academic circles around the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México and the Colegio de México. Over successive decades the society intersected with events and institutions such as the Mexican Revolution, the Porfiriato, the Constitution of 1917, and reforms enacted by the Secretaría de Cultura (Mexico) and the Secretaría de Hacienda y Crédito Público regarding patrimony and coinage. Prominent collaborations and disputes mirrored broader cultural currents tied to personalities linked to the Academia Mexicana de la Historia, the Instituto Nacional de Estudios Históricos de las Revoluciones de México, the Centro Cultural Universitario (UNAM), and the restoration projects at the Palacio Nacional.
The society’s governance mirrors structures found in societies such as the American Numismatic Society, the Royal Numismatic Society, and the Société française de numismatique, with an executive board, committees, and regional chapters interacting with municipal and federal archives like the Archivo General de la Nación (Mexico) and provincial museums including the Museo Regional de Guadalajara and the Museo de la Ciudad de México. Membership comprises private collectors, curators from the Museo Nacional de las Culturas, academics from the Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, curators from the Museo Nacional de Antropología (Mexico), auctioneers linked to houses formerly cooperating with the Christie's and Sotheby's networks in Latin America, and dealers associated with fairs in Guadalajara, Monterrey, and Puebla. The society has fellowship categories akin to those of the Royal Asiatic Society and maintains relationships with university departments at the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana and the Instituto Politécnico Nacional.
The society publishes catalogs, bulletins, and monographs comparable to the outputs of the American Journal of Numismatics and the Numismatic Chronicle, disseminating research on areas including coinage of the Viceroyalty of New Spain, republican currency of the First Mexican Republic, and private tokens associated with commercial houses like those documented in studies of Compañía de Jesús holdings. Publications have featured studies on coin iconography tied to figures such as Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, Agustín de Iturbide, Benito Juárez, and Porfirio Díaz and analyses of mint operations at the Casa de Moneda de México, the Ceca de Potosí (mint), and the Ceca de Guadalajara. The society’s bulletins parallel the editorial practices of the Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) and collaborate with the Biblioteca Nacional de México for archival projects and with university presses including the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Press.
The society organizes exhibitions and symposia in partnership with institutions such as the Museo Nacional de Antropología (Mexico), the Museo del Caracol, the Palacio Nacional, and regional museums like the Museo Regional de Guadalajara and the Museo de las Culturas de Oaxaca. Conferences have hosted keynote addresses by scholars affiliated with the American Numismatic Society, the Royal Numismatic Society, the British Museum, the Smithsonian Institution, and the Bibliothèque nationale de France. The society’s exhibitions have placed items in dialogue with collections from the Casa de Moneda de México, the Museo Franz Mayer, the Museo de la Cancillería, and university museums at the Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León and the Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia.
Research promoted by the society has advanced study of mint techniques at the Casa de Moneda de México and the Ceca de Potosí (mint), metallurgical analyses akin to projects at the Smithsonian Institution, provenance research in the style of the Getty Provenance Index, and cataloging practices comparable to efforts at the British Museum and the Bibliothèque nationale de France. Studies published by members have influenced scholarship on coin hoards linked to events like the Mexican War of Independence, regional economies of the Viceroyalty of New Spain, and iconographic programs involving personages such as Carlos IV of Spain, Ferdinand VII of Spain, Charles III of Spain, and leaders of the Mexican Republic including Vicente Guerrero and Antonio López de Santa Anna. Collaborative projects have involved the Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia, the Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes (CONACULTA), the Museo Nacional de Antropología (Mexico), and international partners including the Museo Numismático del Banco de México.
The society confers honors and medals recognizing scholarship, curatorial achievement, and conservation work in parallel to awards issued by the American Numismatic Society, the Royal Numismatic Society, and the Swiss Numismatic Society. Recipients have included academics from the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, curators from the Museo Nacional de Antropología (Mexico), and independent researchers affiliated with the Instituto de Investigaciones Históricas (UNAM). The society’s medals have been struck by mints such as the Casa de Moneda de México and have been presented at ceremonies held in venues like the Palacio Nacional and the Centro Cultural Universitario (UNAM).
The society maintains formal and informal ties with the Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia, the Museo Nacional de Antropología (Mexico), the Museo Nacional de las Culturas, the Casa de Moneda de México, the Archivo General de la Nación (Mexico), and the Biblioteca Nacional de México, coordinating loans, joint research, and exhibition planning. It also engages with federal agencies such as the Secretaría de Cultura (Mexico) and the Secretaría de Hacienda y Crédito Público on issues concerning patrimony, export controls, and legal frameworks for numismatic objects, while collaborating with international bodies including the International Numismatic Council, the American Numismatic Society, the Royal Numismatic Society, and university departments at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México and the Universidad Iberoamericana.
Category:Numismatic societies Category:Organizations based in Mexico City