More than two thousand five hundred years have passed since coins began to accompany humanity. It seems that Basque language has been among us for at least the same number of years.
Coins provide us with many details about the time they were made; they are art pieces as well as jewelry, they transmit written messages and images, they are messengers of the political and economic situation of the time. Copper, gold or silver, they are also time machines of metallurgy and technology.
The Vascons, the Kingdom of Navarre, the Duchy of Aquitaine and the Kings of France, the Kingdoms of Spain and many more... all minted coins in the Basque territories. By analyzing these, we will shed light on our past.
By means of these small pieces of metal, we will travel through the history of the Basque Country; and for once, we will use Basque on this journey, since our ancestors hardly used it either on coins or in the documents that documented them. The time has come!