Jorge Proctor

Jorge Proctor was born in Panama City, Republic of Panama, in 1971. After graduating from St. Mary’s School, he enlisted in the United States Navy in March 1993. Having completed 20 years of military service, he retired in February 2013.

Research has always been Jorge’s passion. Happy to spend many hours at the General Archive of the Indies in Seville, Spain, as well as many other archives and repositories of historical information located in Latin America, Jorge has produced a steady stream of publications on Spanish numismatics in Latin America. In October 2001 Jorge wrote an article for the magazine of the American Numismatic Association, The Numismatist, entitled “America’s First Official Coinage”, earning an honorable mention as part of the Heath Literary Award. In 2005 Jorge published his first book, “The Forgotten Mint of Colonial Panama: A Look Into the Production of Coins in America During the 16th Century and Panama’s Spanish Royal House for Minting Coins”. This book is the first specialized work dedicated exclusively to the rediscovery of this little known mint established in Panama in 1580 under orders from Spain. In recognition of this academic work, Jorge won two awards in 2006: an Extraordinary Merit Award from the Numismatic Literary Guild and the prestigious Javier Conde Garriga Award in Spain.

The Javier Conde Garriga Award in the field of numismatics has been awarded since 1959, and among its previous winners are renowned names such as Humberto Burzio (1960), Dr. Ernesto Sellschopp (1964), Antonio Barriga Villalba (1970) and Dr. Thomas Bisson (1983).

Other numismatic publications written by Jorge include:

“The Mint of Tierra Firme (Panama)” in Plvs Vltra Newsletter, Vol. 17, No. 1, West Palm Beach, Florida, 1999.
“The Mystery of the Assayer Cartouche from the Wreck of the Atocha – Solved!” in Plvs Vltra Newsletter, Vol. 24, No. 1, West Palm Beach, Florida, 2006.
“The Plata and Oro Corriente of the Americas” in Plvs Vltra Newsletter. Vol. 25, No. 1, West Palm Beach, Florida, 2007.
Proctor, Jorge A. “The Plata and Oro Corriente of the Americas” in Numismatics International Bulletin.Vol. 42 No. 7, Dallas, Texas, July de 2007, pp. 146-151.
“Origins of the Letter ‘R’ in the Central Design of Spanish Colonial Coinage” in Plvs Vltra Newsletter, Vol. 28, No. 1, West Palm Beach, Florida, 2010.
“Half-Maravedi Coined in the New World! Spanish ‘Blanca’ and Their Mintage in Santo Domingo” in Plvs Vltra Newsletter, Vol. 28, No. 2, West Palm Beach, Florida, 2010.
«La frase “Dios, Ley, Libertad” en la moneda panameña», Supplement to the 14th Collectibles Fair (XIV Feria de Colecciones), Asociación Numismática de Panamá, September 2 to 5 2010, p. 17.
“¿Qué águila es la que lleva el escudo panameño?”, Supplement to the 14th Collectibles Fair (XIV Feria de Colecciones), Asociación Numismática de Panamá, 2 ro 5 de septiembre de 2010, pp. 7-9.
“La Casa de la Moneda de Panamá en el Siglo XVIII” in the Gaceta Numismática de la Asociación Numismática Española, No. 181, Barcelona, June 2011.
“The Illegal Mint Office of Cartagena, 1655”, in Numismatics International Bulletin, Volume 47, Numbers 1/2, January/February 2012, Dallas, Texas (of co-authorship with Herman Blanton).
“Silver ingots from the wreck of the Maravillas linked to Cartagena”, in Numismatics International Bulletin, Volume 47, Numbers 5/6, May/June 2012, Dallas, Texas (of co-authorship with Herman Blanton).
“The Queen’s Jewels and the 1715 Fleet– Sifting Fact from Myth”, in Plvs Vltra Newsletter, Vol. 32, No. 1, West Palm Beach, Florida, 2014 (of co-authorship with Phil Flemming).
“The Assayers of the Mint of Potosi during the Reign of King Philip III (1598-1621)”, in Numismatics International Bulletin, Volume 49, Numbers 5/6, May/June 2014, Dallas, Texas.
“The Assayers of the Mint of Mexico During the 16th Century Pillars Coinage, 1536-1571(?)”, in Numismatics International Bulletin, Volume 50, Numbers 1/2, January/February 2015, Dallas, Texas.
“Who Were Mexico City Mint Assayers L and J (1677-1723)?”, in U.S. Mexican Numismatic Association Journal, June 2015, Scottsdale, Arizona, pp. 5-11.
“Alonso Rincón, Ensayador y Tallador en las Casas de Moneda de las Provincias del Perú – Su participación en México y España Peninsular”, in Aportes de Numismática e Historia Argentinas y Latinoamericana (magazine), Instituto Bonaerense de Numismática y Antigüedades, Vol. IV, Buenos Aires, 2016.
“Las Monedas de Vellón Acuñadas en el Nuevo Reino de Granada en 1622 y 1626” in the Boletín Numismático de la Fundación Numismáticos Colombianos (NUMISCOL). No. 100, Year LIII – 1st Semester of 2016 (Part one), pp. 6-24, and No. 101, Year LIII – 2nd Semester of 2016 (Part two), pp. 3-31, Bogota, Colombia.
“Identity of Monogramed Assayer-mark YA Discovered”, in Plvs Vltra Newsletter, Vol. 34, No. 2, West Palm Beach, Florida, 2016.
“Identity of Monogramed Assayer-mark YA Discovered”, in Plvs Vltra Newsletter, Vol. 34, No. 2, West Palm Beach, Florida, 2016.
“Assayers of the Mint of Mexico City during the Columnario (Pillar) Coinage (1731-1771) and the Bust coinage (1772-1821)”, in U.S. Mexican Numismatic Association Journal, June 2016, Scottsdale, Arizona, pp. 8-11.
“The Start of Production of the Habsburg Shield Coinage in Mexico in 1571 Confirmed!”, en Plvs Vltra Newsletter, Vol. 34, No. 4, West Palm Beach, Florida, 2016.
“The Assayers of Mexico During the Reigns of Philip V and Louis I”, in U.S. Mexican Numismatic Association Journal, September 2016, Scottsdale, Arizona, pp. 5-19.
“Las monedas acuñadas en el Nuevo Reino de Granada en 1621 y 1622”, in the Boletín Numismático de la Fundación Numismáticos Colombianos (NUMISCOL). No. 105, Year LV – 2nd Semester of 2018, Bogota, Colombia, pp. 10-38.
Proctor, Jorge A. (2019, 30 August) La Casa de Moneda Colonial de Panamá [PowerPoint presentation], Collectibles Fair (Feria de Colecciones), Hotel Panamá, Panama, Republic of Panamá.
Proctor, Jorge A. (2019, 31 agosto) Historia de la moneda panameña entre 1904
y 1907, según la correspondencia del grabador de la Casa de Moneda de Filadelfia, Charles E. Barber [PowerPoint presentation], Collectibles Fair (Feria de Colecciones), Hotel Panamá, Panama, Republic of Panama.
“The Mxo and Mx variations”, in the Mexican mintmark», in U.S. Mexican Numismatic Association Journal, December 2019, Scottsdale, Arizona, pp. 10-14.
“Surprising New Evidence on the Douglass Beach WreckA 1715 Fleet wreck site located a few miles south of the Fort Pierce Inlet. It is often referred to by its old name, “Colored Beach.” In some early Real Eight Company correspondence, it was referr... More”. 1715 Fleet Society, Publisher (online), April 2021, https://1715fleetsociety.com/surprising-new-evidence-on-the-douglass-beach-wreck/
“Breve historia numismática de Panamá durante su periodo hispano (1501-1821)”, Supplement to the 25th Collectibles Fair, “Bicentennial” (XXV Feria de Colecciones, “Bicentenario”), Asociación Numismática de Panamá, October 14 to 17 2021.
“La inesperada existencia de una aparente marca de ensayador I en ciertas monedas de Lima y la acuñación de 1592” in the Boletín Numismático de la Fundación Numismáticos Colombianos (NUMISCOL). No. 112. Year LIX. 1st semester of 2022. Bogotá, Colombia. pp. 4-14.
“The Resting Places of the Capitana and Almiranta of the Tierra Firme Squadron, from the 1715 Fleet, Identified”. 1715 Fleet Society, Publisher, April 2022, https://1715fleetsociety.com/the-resting-places-of-the-capitana-and-almiranta/
“Cannon Markings from the Cannons Salvaged at Sandy Point in 1955”. 1715 Fleet Society, Publisher (online), May 2022, https://1715fleetsociety.com/cannon-markings-from-the-cannons-salvaged-at-sandy-point-in-1955/
“The Assayers of the mint of Mexico during the 16th Century Pillars Coinage – Late Series: Assayers L and O”, in U.S. Mexican Numismatic Association Journal, December 2022, Scottsdale, Arizona, pp. 11-18.
“The Assayers of the mint of Mexico during the 16th Century Pillars Coinage, Late Series: Assayers L and S (Part 2)”, in U.S. Mexican Numismatic Association Journal, September 2022, Scottsdale, Arizona, pp. 17-23.
“The Assayers of the mint of Mexico during the 16th Century Pillars Coinage, Late Series: Assayers G, R and A (Part 1)”, in U.S. Mexican Numismatic Association Journal, June 2022, Scottsdale, Arizona, pp. 11-17.
“The Assayers of the mint of Mexico during the 16th Century Pillars Coinage, Early Series: Assayers R, P, F and G”, in U.S. Mexican Numismatic Association Journal, March 2022, Scottsdale, Arizona, pp. 18-24.
Proctor, Jorge A. “La historia monetaria del Departamento de Panamá entre 1886-1903”. Pompano Beach, Florida, Feb. 15, 2026.