15th To 20th Century’s

In thefifteenth century Christians spread the kingdom of Granada,and the army took control of Coin at the end of April 1485, on the 27thspecifically, and it became a communist state. Coin’s new Christian religionwas born.

DespiteCoin’s close proximity to Malaga, for a longtime kept it was kept separate and was neither included in, nor considered tobe, part of Malaga.

Two and ahalf years after the conquest, began the distribution of land, intendedinitially to be shared between the three hundred resident inhabitants, howeverthe population quickly grew and in a short time spiralled to four hundred andfifty. This became a problem and in the interest of fairness the land wasre-distributed in 1491, just over three years after the initial distribution. Since the sixteenth century Coin has had a slow but steady increase inpopulation. Andrea Navaggero in his Journey through Spain(1524-1526) has quoted on the relationship between people, and noted thehighlights of Andalusia.

One of themost important characters that lived in the town of Coin during these years wasBernardo Perez de Vargas, he wrote agreat deal whilst he was here including The four books of the Thracian knight Don Cirongilio Sevilla in 1545.The Factory of the Universe he wrote in Toledoin 1563, and De Re Metallica in Madrid,1569.

In 1586 the population of Coin had again risento five hundred residents in 1586 a figure surpassed only in the province of Malaga, this continued to rise. 580residents in 1594, 603 residents in 1717, and 6237 in 1752. This is accordingto the census which was conducted in 1669

In 1773, the city council was composed of six aldermen, a sheriff’s major, aprosecutor, a trustee ombudsman, two trustees of the common council,  five representatives from the general public,two solicitors, two ministers, and a doorman. During the War, Coin played an important role, since he stayed here, the Bishopof the diocese of Malaga,Don Vicente, was living there in his permanent residence. The Bishop’s palacewas built back in the sixteenth century, and it was where he died in 1809.

In 1896, pioneers introduced electricity into the village,and in 1913 built the railway line which ran to Malaga. Seventeen years later, King Alfonso XIII gave the town an official awardof City Council of Excellence.

1752 showsthe great disparity in terms of dry land which was in the hands of absenteeowners and the church, and the presence of a large industrialisation of theprosperous wheat growth, as well asother crops. There was also a growing oil production which was owned mostly bythe same estates.

There was also the manufacturing of snuff, andseven hundred orchards and allotments producing all kinds of vegetables andfruit, such as pomegranate, peach, pear and quince

The fieldsin the countryside surrounding the townwas providing wheat, barley, corn, oil, hemp, flax, grapes, figs, honey, andsilk. It has twenty grain grinding mills and fourteen oil wells which stillsurvive today. The population in that year was 1,800 residents.

Somewhat later in time (1765) an order was granted by KingCarlos III granting the privilege of having a twice yearly cattle fair, fromApril the eleventh to the thirteenth, and again on the thirteenth andfourteenth of August, this was the first official exhibition ever to have beenallowed in the region,