Hacienda tokens from Durango (later)

Chihuahilla

Erasmo de la Rocha

Grove 1249
Obverse: ERASMO DE LA ROCHA / CHIHUAHUILLA / DURANGO, MEXICO
Reverse: BUENO POR / ¼ / DIA DE TRABAJO
24mm. bronze

Grove 1250
Obverse: ERASMO DE LA ROCHA / CHIHUAHUILLA / DURANGO, MEXICO
Reverse: BUENO POR / 1 / DIA DE TRABAJO
35mm. bronze

La Zarca

Hacienda de la Zarca

The Hacienda of San Mateo de la Zarca is located in the north of the state.

Luciano Veyán Lapelouse was the son of French immigrants who had originally established themselves in business in Veracruz before moving to the north during the French intervention. On 26 December 1877 Luciano and his wife Juana Natera del Fierro bought this hacienda for $28,000. The end of the Indian wars allowed Luciano to develop this hacienda and to become one of the richest landowners in the country, through acquiring the haciendas of San Lorenzo del Casco, San Juan Bautista de Cerro Gordo and Antonio del Paso del Pinole.

In 1898 this hacienda was recorded as having an area of 93,978 hectares, supporting 40,000 sheep.

Luciano Veyán died in 1905.

Obverse: around a sheep's head HACIENDA DE LA ZARCA
Reverse: LUCIANO VEYAN / 1