Hacienda tokens from Yucatán (the Duarte family)
Eulogio Duarte Troncoso was born in 1841. He came from an important family of sugar hacendados, including Anselmo Duarte de la Ruela, who had been dedicated to the production of sugarcane since the beginning of the nineteenth century. With his sons, Anselmo Duarte formed “Duarte Hermanos,” which was a major player in the henequen industry.
Duarte possessed multiple henequen estates and served as vice president of the Cámara Permanente, an organisation established to protect the interests of the henequen barons. In 1893 Duarte bought the Hacienda San Juan Bautista Tabi from Governor Carlos Peón, He invested heavily, with modern machinery and even bringing sixty Cuban sugar experts to improve agricultural and refining techniques, and made Tabi the foremost hacienda in the state. Despite the transformative and modernising effects of capital investment and industrialisation at Tabi and other estates, many preindustrial features hacienda life persisted, including peonage.
Duarte died on 27 February 1904.
Finca Kakalná
Grove 1365
Obverse: within a laurel wreath KALKALNA / 1/4 / 1889
Reverse: FICHA CONVENCIONAL / PARA LA / FINCA / DE / DUARTE / HERMANOS
17mm. nickel
Grove 1366
Obverse: within a laurel wreath KALKALNA / 1/2 / 1889
Reverse: FICHA CONVENCIONAL / PARA LA / FINCA / DE / DUARTE / HERMANOS
21mm. nickel
Grove 1367
Obverse: within a laurel wreath KALKALNA / 1 / 1889
Reverse: FICHA CONVENCIONAL / PARA LA / FINCA / DE / DUARTE / HERMANOS
24mm. nickel
Hacienda San Antonio XuKu
Grove 1560
Obverse: HACIENDA SAN ANTONIO XUKU / MARCOS / DUARTE T.
Reverse: FICHA CONVENCIONAL / 1888 / MEDIO REAL
19mm. nickel
Grove 1561
Obverse: HACIENDA SAN ANTONIO XUKU / MARCOS / DUARTE T.
Reverse: FICHA CONVENCIONAL / 1888 / UN REAL
23mm. nickel
Municipio of Sotuta
Hacienda San Juan Bautista Tabí
This hacienda is located in the municipio of Sotuta.
Obverse: TABI / 1 MECATE
Reverse: blank
Obverse: TABI / 1 CANOA
Reverse: blank
Obverse: TABI / 1 CADAVORA
Reverse: blank
Obverse: TABI / 1 JORNAL
Reverse: blank
Obverse: 100 / F M
Reverse: blank
Obverse: O. MF / 1000
Reverse: blank