Exploring the past through coins: an outreach experience with secondary students

This paper presents an educational outreach experience in numismatic content conducted with secondary students from the educational centre 'IES El Valle' (Jaén). This experience is part of the non-university teaching and scientific outreach project 'Explora-IES' by the University of Jaén. During the initial working session of this project, an introduction to numismatic research and methodology was provided. Subsequently, a lecture-workshop was carried out using materials and equipment employed for the preservation, study, and analysis of monetary pieces. Finally, on May 3, 2023, during a concluding conference-meeting at the University of Jaén, the knowledge acquired throughout this project was presented via a poster and a brief talk delivered by the students.