EL SITIO NO. 23 PUBLISHED

“El Sitio” N° 23 was published and contains, in its 34 pages, five numismatic articles about different issues. The June edition of “El Sitio” commemorates the 62 Anniversary of the Instituto Uruguayo de Numismática, founded on June 11th, 1955.

The first article, by Ramón Rodríguez Hernández, is related to the banknotes and coins issued by the Uruguayan Central Bank that is celebrating this year the 50 Anniversary of its creation.

“Historia e intento de catalogación de las fichas de las canteras del Cerro de Carmelo” is the name of the second article, devoted to catalogue –as a first attempt- the tokens of the mining companies located in the Carmelo hill, in the Colonia department, Uruguay. The author, Miguel Garepe Sallé, unfortunely passed away a few days ago, on June 15th. Miguel was an old member of the Instituto Uruguayo de Numismática and a very appreciated and recurrent collaborator of “El Sitio”.

Carlos Rucks wrote the third article, about a soccer medal: “Técnico holandés dirigió un equipo de fútbol en Uruguay” (a Dutch manager led a soccer team in Uruguay).

The next one, by Horacio Morero, talks about a particular Uruguayan token used for a psychiatric clinic in the city of Salto, founded by the doctor Julio Jurkowski. This token, issued between 1895 and 1900, hides a rich story and involves some prominent people, as the writer Horacio Quiroga and the painter Juan Manuel Blanes.

The last article, wrote by Daniel Padula, is related to the medals struck by the “Cabildos abiertos del Ruralismo”.

In addition, “El Sitio” gives us varied information about some events. To hightlight: the page 34 informs the donation of the Mr. Héctor Carlos Janson coin collection to the Argentinian Central Bank. To read more information about this magnific collection, you can look up: http://www.bcra.gob.ar/Noticias/BCRA_coleccion_monedad_post.asp

Wayne Homren, Editor

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