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EL SITIO NO. 8 PUBLISHED

The E-Sylum (9/29/2013)


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Horacio Morero, President of the Instituto Uruguayo de Numismática, submitted this summary of the contents of the latest issue of the club's publication El Sitio. Thanks! -Editor -Editor -Editor

El Sitio No 8 “El Sitio” Nº 8 contains some interesting news such as the ceremony commemorating the 58 years of the Instituto Uruguayo de Numismática (IUN), four numismatic articles, and a note on an exposition. The cover has a picture of the famous and very scarce so called “cinquiño”, the 5 centésimos coin of year 1840.

The four published articles are the following:

  • The Medal School Prizes from the School of the Philantropy Society, by Hugo Mancebo Decaux.
  • The proof Peso del Sitio, by Gustavo O.Pigurina.
  • The 97 Revolution and the Festival of Trees, by Daniel Fernández Calvo.
  • Identifying Sheep Shearing Tokens (second printed delivery), by Horacio Morero and Mario Sánchez.

The exposition: “The Jellyfish in the Greek Cities State Coins”.

To read the complete issue on the web, see: http://www.monedasuruguay.com/bib/bib/sitio08.pdf

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