MUSEUM RECOVERS STOLEN BANKNOTE SKETCHES

The BCRA Museum Recovered Stolen Paper Money Sketches

Argentina will [recover] eight stolen paper money sketches from 1935, 1941, 1948 and 1983 to the BCRA. They were about to be auctioned in the United States. The Department for the Protection of Cultural Heritage of the Federal Police together with the FBI's Art Crime Division-both part of INTERPOL International-recovered the works and delivered them to the Consulate General of Argentina in New York. In the coming days, the BCRA's authorities will receive the works in Buenos Aires.

In January 2018, the BCRA reported the disappearance of the sketches from the 'Héctor Carlos Janson' Numismatic and Historical Museum upon learning that some of them were on the verge of being put up for auction in New York. Once the Federal Justice ordered that the sketches be entered into the international database of stolen works of art, different international organizations began to work together.

The FBI's Art Crime Team got into contact with the numismatist that had the sketches in his possession. The collector, now under investigation, denied knowing that the sketches had been stolen and handed them in to the FBI. In turn, the court ordered their repatriation through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Argentina.

The sketches were handmade using different techniques. They were drawn by outstanding artists from the BCRA´s design department and the Mint House, and by designers from companies such as Thomas de la Rue and Waterloo and Son, which were hired by the BCRA after it became the monetary authority.

To read the complete article, see:
The BCRA Museum Recovered Stolen Paper Money Sketches (https://www.marketscreener.com/news/latest/The-BCRA-Museum-Recovered-Stolen-Paper-Money-Sketches--31261229/)

September 30, 2019. Héctor Carlos Janson, the coin collector who donated the most important collection of Argentine patriotic coins to our museum in 2017, died in Santa Fe yesterday. Janson, the honorary life tenure president of the Academia Argentina de Numismática y Medallística, and author of the book La Moneda Circulante en el Territorio Argentino, was the most important private coin collector of Argentina.

"This was the best decision I’ve taken in my whole life", Janson said after handing over his collection, which he had gathered over more than 50 years of hard work and research. Thus, his collection became part of our collective heritage. On May 30, 2017, on the 76th anniversary of the Central Bank’s museum, Janson signed a deed of donation of more than 2,800 gold, silver and bronze pieces in a public ceremony where he was cheered by his family, friends, colleagues and authorities from the Central Bank. To show appreciation and recognition for his contribution of priceless historical value to the public cultural heritage, the Numismatic and Historical Museum changed its name to "Héctor Carlos Janson".

To read the complete article, see:
Héctor Carlos Janson, the Greatest Argentine Coin Collector (http://www.bcra.gov.ar/Noticias/Janson-el-mayor-numismatico-argentino-i.asp)

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