The E-Sylum:  Volume 6, Number 17, April 27, 2003, Article 14

CARLOS JARA BOOKS

  Alan Luedeking writes: "Here's another little update on Carlos
  Jara's works, about which I've occasionally spouted off in The
  E-Sylum: The book on the Coquimbo mint, which he published
  in a limited edition of only 50 numbered examples in March
  sold out within two days of its announcement in the E-Sylum,
  with the bulk of the orders coming from within the USA and a
  few from Europe and South America.  The ANA library, ANS
  library, and Numismatics International library each have a copy,
  should anyone who missed out wish to consult it.  Now for the
  good news: his long awaited book on the obsidional and necessity
  issues of Valdivia is now ready too. Even more exciting, his
  groundbreaking work on the first issues of the Santiago mint will
  also soon be forthcoming. This work will present the detailed
  original mintage figures for all the silver pillar and early gold
  denominations (fully backed up by the original documentation
  which even the great José Toribio Medina was never able to
  discover, despite much trying) along with previously unknown
  historical information on the operation of this mint, particularly
  the exact chronological identification of the assayers as well
  as other mint employees.

  Also look for a very interesting essay on the 1751 pillar issues
  of Lima, upcoming in the N.I. Bulletin. It would seem Carlos
  has thrown off a promising career as a transportation engineer
  for the love of full-time numismatic research. Of course, youth
  and great discipline make such an undertaking possible, but it
  takes guts too, I think.  Now, a bit more on the Valdivia work:
  Obsidional and necessity issues of Chile were first documented
  by Medina in two different works, his 1902 "Las Monedas
  Chilenas" and his 1919 "Las Monedas Obsidionales Chilenas".
  However, his extensive research did not present enough
  documentation to fully understand the significance and historical
  context of some of these issues, among which two stand out for
  their importance: the obsidional 1 Peso cast coins of Chiloé
  (about which Jara published a monograph in 2000), and the
  Valdivia issues dated 1822. It is no coincidence that the latter
  have remained obscure until recently, not only as concerns their
  history but also as regards their very status as genuine or
  counterfeit. Jara's new, intensively researched book on the
  Valdivia issues explains and presents a great amount of
  heretofore  unpublished original documentation, which not
  only reveals the true nature of these emissions, but also the
  correct interpretation and meaning of the enigmatic APDEVA
  monogram counterstamp that is to be found on some of the
  coins.

  Parallel to this, an unknown emission of necessity paper money
  is documented, which eventually evolved into the well known
  issues of the 1840's (Pick # S-101 and S-102). This book,
  which is as groundbreaking as Jara's previous work on the
  Coquimbo mint, is now available in a limited edition of just 60
  numbered hardcover examples, thoroughly illustrated, but,
  and here's the rub, this time it's only in Spanish!  Anybody
  wanting one can address an order directly to the author at
  clejara@yahoo.com. The books are anticipated to ship
  near the end of May, 2003, from Miami."

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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