"Dr José Evaristo Uriburu" Museum of Numismatics

San Martín 216 - 1st Floor
Tel. 4348-3882
Open Mondays through Fridays from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Does not close on holidays

Thanks to the initiative and generosity of the historian and numismatist José Evaristo Uriburu (1886 -1956), who was also first vice president of the Central Bank, this Museum was created on May 30, 1941, on the basis of sundry elements and collections of coins, bank notes and documents from the Conversion Fund, National Public Credit and other agencies, totaling approximately 15,000 pieces. Complete coin collections are exhibited, together with emissions of paper money, under different denominations (Pesos, Argentine Pesos, Australes). Other interesting exhibits include the unification of money (1880), "patacones"; the first gold coins - "escudos" -of the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata, minted by the Assembly of 1813; gold and silver coins from the Province of La Rioja (1821), coins from the Mint (1827), the Argentine Confederation (1854), and Córdoba Mint (1884).
Of particular interest are the private issues made by Justo José de Urquiza (the half "real"); Julio popper the Rumanian engineer who minted pieces (1 and 5 grams) in 1889, in El Páramo, Tierra del Fuego; and Amelio Antonio Touneus, who also minted pieces for the "Kingdom of Araucaria and Patagonia" in 1874. Also on exhibition are elements used by the natives prior to the Spanish Conquest as a means of payment. The Museum also has a library that is kept permanently updated through the purchase of new books, catalogues and other publications related to numismatics and monetary history.