Hacienda Tokens from Jalisco (later)

Lazaro J. Gallardo, Tequila

Lazaro Gallardo was a tavern owner and tequila producer in the famous Mexican town of Tequila. A year after this token was produced, Gallardo invented the process that he called 'seleccion suave,' or the smooth selection, whereby newer tequilas were blended with older, smoother, and more refined tequilas, allowing for the highest quality tequila available. He later named his tequila Gran Centenario, a brand which is still produced--using Gallardo's method--even today.

Copper ⅛ real 1857 (Stack’s Bowers Auction, 23 October 2019, lot 72567)

Grove 1431
Obverse: around two trees. LAZARO J. GALLARDO
Reverse: S. A. DEL POTRERO / 1857
20mm. bronze

Grove 1432
Obverse: around two trees. LAZARO J. GALLARDO
Reverse: S. A. DEL POTRERO / 1857, counterstamped with a cow
20mm. bronze

(Briggs & Bustos auction #2, 4 November 2022, lot 232)

Grove 1433
Obverse: around two trees. LAZARO J. GALLARDO
Reverse: S. A. DEL POTRERO / 1857, counterstamped with a dog
20mm. bronze

Grove 1434
Obverse: around two trees. LAZARO J. GALLARDO
Reverse: S. A. DEL POTRERO / 1857, counterstamped with a dog and cactus
20mm. bronze

Grove 1435
Obverse: around two trees. LAZARO J. GALLARDO
Reverse: S. A. DEL POTRERO / 1857, counterstamped with a dog and horse
20mm. bronze

Grove 1436
Obverse: around two trees. LAZARO J. GALLARDO
Reverse: S. A. DEL POTRERO / 1857, counterstamped with a tree
20mm. bronze

Grove 1437
Obverse: around two trees. LAZARO J. GALLARDO
Reverse: S. A. DEL POTRERO / 1857, counterstamped with the letters L. J. G.
28mm. brass

(Briggs & Bustos auction #2, 4 November 2022, lot 233)

Grove 1438
Obverse: above a maguey cactus LAZARO J. GALLARDO
Reverse: several items found in a store, CAMICHINES / 1857
28mm. brass

Grove 1439
Obverse: above a maguey cactus LAZARO J. GALLARDO
Reverse: several items found in a store, CAMICHINES / 1857, counterstamped with a cactus
28mm. brass

Grove 1440
Obverse: above a maguey cactus LAZARO J. GALLARDO
Reverse: several items found in a store, CAMICHINES / 1857, counterstamped with a spread eagle
28mm. brass

Grove 1441
Obverse: above a maguey cactus LAZARO J. GALLARDO
Reverse: several items found in a store, CAMICHINES / 1857, counterstamped with a spread eagle and rooster
28mm. brass

Grove 1442
Obverse: above a maguey cactus LAZARO J. GALLARDO
Reverse: several items found in a store, CAMICHINES / 1857, counterstamped with a spread eagle and eagle
28mm. brass

Grove 1443
Obverse: above a maguey cactus LAZARO J. GALLARDO
Reverse: several items found in a store, CAMICHINES / 1857, counterstamped with a horse
28mm. brass

Grove 1444
Obverse: above a maguey cactus LAZARO J. GALLARDO
Reverse: several items found in a store, CAMICHINES / 1857, counterstamped with the letters L. J. G.
28mm. brass

Hacienda Cinco Minas

Grove 1474
Obverse: above an wreath of oak and laurel H. DE CINCO MINAS / VALE / ½ R / 1894
Reverse: above a wreath and cattlebrand LINO MARTINEZ
19mm. bronze

Grove 1475
Obverse: above an wreath of oak and laurel H. DE CINCO MINAS / VALE / 1 R / 1894
Reverse: above a wreath and cattlebrand LINO MARTINEZ
23mm. bronze

Obverse: above an wreath of oak and laurel H. DE CINCO MINAS / VALE / 2 R^S / 1894
Reverse: above a wreath and cattlebrand LINO MARTINEZ

Ahualulco de Mercado

Hacienda del Carmen

This hacienda, begun under the Spanish Crown, was given to Francisco Melodio Velasco in the sixteenth century. It passed through his heirs until one of them, Francisca Figueroa, who had no heirs, assigned the rights to the Order of the Carmelites, a religious order. Thus it came to be called "Hacienda Del Carmen". Years later, with the reforms of President Juárez, this property, which had over 60 highly productive hectares, generous climate, fertile land, abundant water and a prime location, was expropriated and given to General Florentino Cuervo in 1860.

Grove 1469
Obverse: above a wreath FLORENTINO CUERVO / AM cattlebrand / 1877
Reverse: above a wreath H^A DEL CARMEN / ⅛
23mm. bronze

Grove 1470
Obverse: above a wreath FLORENTINO CUERVO / AM cattlebrand / 1877
Reverse: above an wreath H^A DEL CARMEN / ¼
26mm. bronze

Zapopan

Hacienda La Providencia

The Hacienda La Providencia, in Zapopan, was the property of the Bernardino Villaseñor family.

Obverse: HACIENDA PROVIDENCIA
Reverse: L & V

Hacienda de la Punta

Grove 1543
Obverse: above an animal HACIENDA / DE LA / PUNTA
Reverse: above a wreath 1
21mm. bronze

Grove 1544
Obverse: above an animal HACIENDA / DE LA / PUNTA
Reverse: above a wreath 50
30mm. bronze

Hacienda Santiago

Grove 1596
Obverse: MENDOZA HNOS / TECALITLAN / JAL. / HDA. DE SANTIAGO
Reverse: 1
35mm. aluminum

Grove 1597
Obverse: MENDOZA HNOS / TECALITLAN / JAL. / HDA. DE SANTIAGO
Reverse: 10 / LITROS / MAIZ
32mm. aluminum