The token were mainly produced in brass or aluminum, followed in number by those of cupronickel and copper. Some have a very rudimentary finish and will have been made locally, but most are were produced by professional firms, especially some in San Francisco, California. The following names are engraved on some tokens: C.A. Klinkner & Co. S.F., L.H. Moise, S.F., Moise K-Co. and Patrick & Co. S.F.
Charles Alexander Klinker, of C. A. Klinkner & Co, of 320, Sansome Street, was a mass producer of trade tokens beginning in 1889. Although he died in 1893 production continued until 1897 when all assets were bought out by a former employee named L. H. Moise. He re-branded the company as the Moise, Klinkner Co. and continued manufacturing until 1930 when it was bought out by Patrick & Co. At that time it became the Patrick & Moise-Klinkner Co. After the purchase of the firm from Klinkner's heirs in 1897, Moise continued using Klinkner's old dies and struck many thousands of tokens with them.
Charles Klinkner sitting in one of his delivery wagons
In 1967 Anillo Industries, Inc., of Orange, California, bought at auction, 3,492 token dies belonging to the L. A. Rubber Stamp Co., which had gone out of business. Anillo attempted to go into the token striking business and, using the token dies, struck twenty five sets of aluminum manufacturer’s sample tokens. The reverses are blank and are flat since they were designed to be mounted in salesmen’s sample catalogs. It is believed that twenty-two complete sets and three partial sets of these tokens exist
Grove 1934
Obverse: N. STAFFORD CO. / 67 / 67 FULTON ST. NEW YORK.
Reverse: FICHAS PARA / HACIENDAS / DE TODAS CLASES
30mm.
The Heidemann Manufacturing Company was a well-known San Antonio die sinking firm that was responsible for many of the attractive Texas saloon tokens issued during the late nineteenth century.
San Antonio has long been noted for both the number and quality of the tokens produced there. Its best known maker, the Heidemann Manufacturing Company, produced tokens of high quality and excellent workmanship including many of the city’s beautiful pictorials. It apparently operated only three or four years but made numerous tokens during that time.
The company probably began business in late 1888 or early 1889. It was a partnership between M. Heidemann and Selig Deutschman and seems to have reached its height in 1891 when it advertised in the City Directory as “Makers of Rubber and Steel Stamps, Badges, seals, bar checks, (tokens) stencils, etc.” The ad was illustrated with the reverse of a token reading “Good for 5 in merchandise.”
The 1892 City Directory lists Deutschman at a new address as a rubber stamp manufacturer, but does not include Heideman. The name of the company is not in the alphabetical listing but appears in the business section under “Engravers and Die Sinkers” at the same address as Edward F. Brotze, proprietor of the “Texas Engraving Company.” It may have been out of business soon afterward{footnote}TAMS Journal, Vol. 26, No. 3. June 1986{/footnote}.
Garibay{footnote}Saul Renato Garibay, Historia Numismática de Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes, 1985{/footnote} lists the following haciendas as issuing tokens: la Hacienda de Garabato, of Josefina Martínez de Aguilar; la Hacienda de Pabellón, of Manuel Azanza; La Punta, of the señores Madrazo; San Antonio y Anexas, of the señores lbarguengoitia; Ciénega Grande, of Francisco Rangel; Santa María de Gallardo, of Luz Díaz de Rincón Gallardo; Palo Alto, of José Rincón Gallardo; la Hacienda de Peñuelac, of Felipe Nieto and María Guadalupe Nieto Belaunzarán; la Hacienda de Cieneguilla, of José Rivera Río; la Hacienda de Cañada Honda, of José León García; la Hacienda de Venadero, of the hermanos Dosamantes Rul; la Hacienda de San Lorenzo, of Juan Muñoz; la Hacienda de Chichimeco, of María Guadalupe Belaunzarán; La Hacienda La Labor, of Jesús Salas López; and la Hacienda de Guaxolotes, of Coronel Gerónimo Ruiz de Esparza, now the Ganadería Santa Rosa de Lima.
This hacienda of 6,000 hectares is situated 22 kilometres north-east of Aguascalientes. Up to 1898 it was owned by Roberto Camarena, who created his own paper issue to pay his workers. In 1899 the hacienda passed from the Camarenas to José León García.
El Saucillo is 44 kilometres due north of Aguascalientes.
Grove 1608
Obverse: HACIENDA EL SAUCILLO / VB / AGUASCALIENTES
Reverse: BUENO POR / 1 / CENTAVO / EN EFECTOS
25mm. brass
Grove 1609
Obverse: HACIENDA EL SAUCILLO / VB / AGUASCALIENTES
Reverse: BUENO POR / 10 / CENTAVOS / EN EFECTOS
25mm. brass
Grove
Obverse: HACIENDA EL SAUCILLO / VB / AGUASCALIENTES
Reverse: BUENO POR / 50 / CENTAVOS / EN EFECTOS
mm. brass
Grove 1489
Obverse: HEREDIA HNOS. / HACIENDA / ƆUYUKAK.
Reverse: 10
24mm. nickel
Grove 1490
Obverse: HEREDIA HNOS. / HACIENDA / ƆUYUKAK.
Reverse: 25
29mm. nickel
Grove 1491
Obverse: HEREDIA HNOS. / HACIENDA / ƆUYUKAK.
Reverse: 50
32mm. nickel
Grove 1553
Obverse: HACIENDA / SAN AGUSTIN OLA / CAMPECHE
Reverse: 5
23mm. nickel
Grove 1554
Obverse: HACIENDA / SAN AGUSTIN OLA / CAMPECHE
Reverse: 10
29mm. nickel
Grove 1555
Obverse: HACIENDA / SAN AGUSTIN OLA / CAMPECHE
Reverse: 50
31mm. nickel
These three values were made by L. H. Moise, S. F.
Luisa Galera de Lanz was the owner circa 1891 – 1905 of Haltunchén and Marentes and the other Campeche plantations: Niop and Sihoplaya.
Grove 1495
Obverse: HDA / HALTUNCHEN / CONTRASEÑA.
Reverse: 1/2 / LANZ / 1891
18mm. brass
Grove 1496
Obverse: HDA / HALTUNCHEN / CONTRASEÑA.
Reverse: 1 / LANZ / 1891
22mm. brass
Grove 1497
Obverse: HDA / HALTUNCHEN / CONTRASEÑA.
Reverse: 2 / LANZ / 1891
29mm. brass
Grove 1498
Obverse: HDA / HALTUNCHEN / CONTRASEÑA.
Reverse: 4 / LANZ / 1891
37mm. brass
Grove 1512
Obverse: HDA. / MARENTES / CONTRASEÑA
Reverse: ½ / LANZ / 1891
17mm. brass
Grove 1513
Obverse: HDA. / MARENTES / CONTRASEÑA
Reverse: 1 / LANZ / 1891
22mm. brass
Grove 1514
Obverse: HDA. / MARENTES / CONTRASEÑA
Reverse: 2 / LANZ / 1891
29mm. brass
Grove 1515
Obverse: HDA. / MARENTES / CONTRASEÑA. counterstamped with small M
Reverse: 2 / LANZ / 1891
29mm. brass
Grove 1516
Obverse: HDA. / MARENTES / CONTRASEÑA
Reverse: 4 / LANZ / 1891
36mm. brass
Grove 1547
Obverse: on octagonal planchet HACIENDA SACAKAL / 1/4 / CHAMPOTON
Reverse: blank
25mm. aluminum
Grove 1548
Obverse: on octagonal planchet HACIENDA SACAKAL / 1/4 / CHAMPOTON, counterstamped C O
Reverse: blank
25mm. aluminum
Grove 1549
Obverse: on octagonal planchet HACIENDA SACAKAL / 1/2 / CHAMPOTON
Reverse: blank
29mm. aluminum
Grove 1550
Obverse: on octagonal planchet HACIENDA SACAKAL / 1/2 / CHAMPOTON, counterstamped S CO
Reverse: blank
29mm. aluminum
Grove 1551
Obverse: on octagonal planchet HACIENDA SACAKAL / 1 / CHAMPOTON
Reverse: blank
33mm. aluminum
Grove 1552
Obverse: on octagonal planchet HACIENDA SACAKAL / 1 / CHAMPOTON, counterstamped S CO
Reverse: blank
33mm. aluminum
Grove 1638
Obverse: HACIENDA ULUMAL / 1892
Reverse: EL PORTADOR / TRABAJO / 3 / CENTAVOS
14mm. nickel
Grove 1639
Obverse: HACIENDA ULUMAL / 1892
Reverse: EL PORTADOR / TRABAJO / 6 / CENTAVOS
18mm. nickel
Grove 1640
Obverse: HACIENDA ULUMAL / 1892
Reverse: EL PORTADOR / TRABAJO / 6 / CENTAVOS
23mm. nickel
Grove 1641
Obverse: HACIENDA ULUMAL / 1892
Reverse: EL PORTADOR / TRABAJO / 12 / CENTAVOS
20mm. nickel
Grove 1642
Obverse: HACIENDA ULUMAL / 1892
Reverse: EL PORTADOR / TRABAJO / 25 / CENTAVOS
24mm. nickel
Grove 1643
Obverse: HACIENDA ULUMAL / 1892
Reverse: EL PORTADOR / TRABAJO / 50 / CENTAVOS
32mm. nickel
Grove 1644
Obverse: HACIENDA ULUMAL / 1892
Reverse: EL PORTADOR / TRABAJO / UN / PESO
39mm. nickel
The following are four haciendas run by Benito Aznar & Compañía, which also operated Chinal in Tabasco.
Grove 1829
Obverse: POLVOXAL / B. A. & C. / 1888
Reverse: within a wreath 1/2
14mm. nickel
Grove 1830
Obverse: POLVOXAL / B. A. & C. / 1888
Reverse: within a wreath 1 / UN REAL
20mm. nickel
Grove 1831
Obverse: POLVOXAL / B. A. & C. / 1888
Reverse: within a wreath 2 / DOS REALES
26mm. nickel
Grove 1877
Obverse: SAN GERONONIMITO / B. A. & C. / 1886
Reverse: within a wreath 1/2
14mm. nickel
Grove 1878
Obverse: SAN GERONONIMITO / B. A. & C. / 1886
Reverse: within a wreath 1 / UN REAL
20mm. nickel
Grove 1879
Obverse: SAN GERONONIMITO / B. A. & C. / 1886
Reverse: within a wreath 2 / DOS REALES
26mm. nickel
Grove 1904
Obverse: SANTA MARIA DE O / B. A. & C. / 1886
Reverse: within a wreath 1 / UN REAL
20mm. nickel
Grove 1905
Obverse: SANTA MARIA DE O L / B. A. & C. / 1886
Reverse: within a wreath 2 / DOS REALES
26mm. nickel
The Hacienda de San Pablo was located in Champoton.
Grove 1887
Obverse: SAN PABLO / B. A. & C. / 1886
Reverse: within a wreath 1/2
14mm. nickel
Grove 1888
Obverse: SAN PABLO / B. A. & C. / 1886
Reverse: within a wreath 1 / UN REAL
20mm. nickel
Grove 1889
Obverse: SAN PABLO / B. A. & C. / 1886
Reverse: within a wreath 2 / DOS REALES
26mm. nickel
Isaiah B. Miller and John R. Markley were partners in the firm of Markley & Miller, which had a contract to run the Hacienda San Pablo. The contract was to expire on 1 January 1912.
Grove 1309
Obverse: MARKLEY & MILLER / CONTRS. / HDA. S. PABLO
Reverse: EL PORTADOR TRABAJO / ½
32mm. alumimum
Grove 1306
Obverse: FELIPE BELTRAMO / CONTRATISTA / SAHCABCHEN. S. P.
Reverse: EL PORTADOR TRABAJO / ⅛
23mm. alumimum
Grove 1307
Obverse: FELIPE BELTRAMO / CONTRATISTA / SAHCABCHEN. S. P.
Reverse: EL PORTADOR TRABAJO / ¼
Grove 1308
Obverse: FELIPE BELTRAMO / CONTRATISTA / SAHCABCHEN. S. P.
Reverse: EL PORTADOR TRABAJO / ½
32mm. alumimum
Grove 1592
Obverse: HACIENDA SANTA CRUZ / SISTO GARCIA
Reverse: 1/8
20mm. white metal
Grove 1593
Obverse: HACIENDA SANTA CRUZ / SISTO GARCIA
Reverse: 1/4
23mm. white metal
Grove 1594
Obverse: HACIENDA SANTA CRUZ / SISTO GARCIA
Reverse: 1/2
25mm. white metal
Victoriano Nieves Céspedes was born on 23 March 1806 in the city of Campeche, At the age of 15 he moved to the Isla del Carmen and began his commercial career as a clerk of a trading house. Later he had the initiative to sell merchandise in the camps and monterías in the area, and quickly amassed a fortune that allowed him to venture into the dye wood business, first by association and later by acquiring one of the most valuable farms in the state. Victoriano Nieves benefited from the fire of 1850, thanks to the fact that he, as a lender. could begin the reconstruction of what had been destroyed by the fire. His business grew and in addition to exports of dyewood, he participated in the import business, and at the same time ventured into livestock. Although extremely rich he was admired as a philanthropist who donated money for charitable works such as the construction of the railroad from Campeche to Mérida and the construction of a hospital, among others.
He was the owner of the Haciendas Sitio Viejo, San José del Este, Santa Gertrudis and others.
He died in Carmen on 13 October 1885.
Obverse: VICTORIANO NIEVEZ / ½R / CARMEN
Reverse: VICTORIANO NIEVEZ / ½R / CARMEN
Grove 1783
Obverse: CONTRASEÑA / EN NOHAKAL
Reverse: 1 / FRANCO SAN ROMAN
22mm. brass
Grove 1784
Obverse: CONTRASEÑA / EN NOHAKAL
Reverse: 2 / FRANCO SAN ROMAN
29mm. brass
Mules loaded with coffee
Coffee has been commercially grown in the Soconusco region of Chiapas{footnote}The Soconusco region includes the following municipalities; Tapachula, Huixtla, Tuzantán, Mapastepec, Acapatahua, Escuintla, Pueblo Nuevo Comaltitlán, Huehuetán, Mazatlán, Cacahi, Atán, Unión Juárez, Tuxtla Chico, Metapa, Frontera Hidalgo and Ciudad Hidalgo{/footnote} for almost two centuries. In 1846, an Italian, named Jerónimo Manchinelli, started what could be called the first proper exploitation of coffee in Chiapas, by planting 1,500 shrubs at the Chácara Hacienda in the municipality of Tuxtla Chico. However, it was not until the 1880s that the cultivation of coffee became widespread in Chiapas, perhaps largely due to the studies published by Matías Romero in 1874 and 1875, in which he showed the benefits that could be obtained from this crop. Exploitation was also greatly influenced by the progressive rise in the price of coffee from 1870 onwards.
In 1883, the Mexican government officially stole the land of the indigenous peoples in Chiapas and began to parcel it off to individual land owners in order to finalize the border with Guatemala. Undoubtedly, the most important factor in the development of coffee cultivation in Soconusco was the investment of foreign capital, mainly from Germans. The Mexican government told Germany saying it would welcome immigrants willing to develop and then work coffee growing and processing plantations in the highlands of Chiapas which had been identified as prime coffee growing terrain. At the time, every harvested coffee bean (then referred to as “green gold”) in the world passed through the port in Hamburg, Germany, before being distributed around the world so reaching out to Germany for help made sense.
The colonists needed labourers to complete the difficult task of growing coffee, and through strong-arm tactics and other methods, they coerced workers into signing contracts that put them in situations similar to indentured servitude.
These tokens were used as a means of payment for work carried out on the farm. The first of them made their appearance at the end of the nineteenth century and continued in use until they were banned by the laws emanating from the Mexican Revolution, despite the fact that the use of such tokens had been prohibited by Porfirio Díaz in 1889.
Besides denominations in either reales or pesos and centavos, some tokens refer to specific activities such as TAREA and CAJA.
A tarea (task) was cleaning a cuerda (25 varas by 25 varas or 523 metres squared) of land. Clearing was also called "weeding" (escarda), and consisted of removing all types of vegetation that grew on the plantation. This was the most frequently performed activity. The tarea took the labourer a day to do, and in 1875 he was paid from 1½ to 2½ reales, and by 1910, from 50 centavos to one peso.
A caja (box) was filling a box with a capacity of 100 litres with coffee or fruit. A caja was worth somewhat less than a tarea.
Other tokens has no denominations but merely a symbol such as a star or cresent moon.
The token were mainly produced in brass or aluminum, followed in number by those of cupronickel and copper. Some have a very rudimentary finish and will have been made on the farm itself, but most are were produced by professional firms, especially some in San Francisco, California. The following names are engraved on some tokens: C.A. Klinkner & Co. S.F., L.H. Moise, S.F., Moise K-Co. and Patrick & Co. S.F.
Grove 1130
Obverse: LA ALIANZA / ½ / CAJA
Reverse: JOSE REVUELTO / LA ALIANZA
23mm. brass
Grove 1131
Obverse: LA ALIANZA / 1 / CAJA
Reverse: JOSE REVUELTO / LA ALIANZA
30mm. brass
Grove 1132
Obverse: LA ALIANZA / 1 / TAREA
Reverse: JOSE REVUELTO / LA ALIANZA
30mm. aluminum
Grove 1133
Obverse: LA ALIANZA / ½ / CAJA counterstamped A
Reverse: JOSE REVUELTO / LA ALIANZA
24mm. aluminum
Grove 1134
Obverse: LA ALIANZA / 1 / CAJA
Reverse: JOSE REVUELTO / LA ALIANZA
31mm. aluminum
Grove 1135
Obverse: LA ALIANZA / 1 / TAREA
Reverse: JOSE REVUELTO / LA ALIANZA
29mm. aluminum
José Revulto was recorded as owning the La Alianza plantation in June 1909{footnote}The Mexican Herald, 19 June 1909{/footnote}.
Grove 1142
Obverse: M. MARTINEZ / 2 / "LA AURORA"
Reverse: blank
21mm. brass
Grove 1165
Obverse: CAFETAL ACAPULCO F. DE. C.
Reverse: 1 CAJA
27mm. brass.
Enrique Braun Hansen, from Germany, was a coffee grower and exporter who owned the finca Santa Domingo, near to Tapachula, and the finca La Trinidad.
Grove 1166
Obverse: CAFETALES DE E. BRAUN
Reverse: X
21mm. brass.
Grove 1167
Obverse: CAFETALES DE E. BRAUN
Reverse: XX
23mm. brass.
Grove 1168
Obverse: CAFETALES DE E. BRAUN / L
Reverse: L
24mm. brass.
Grove 1169
Obverse: CAFETALES DE E. BRAUN / L
Reverse: L
24mm. nickel.
Grove 1170
Obverse: CAFETALES DE E. BRAUN / C
Reverse: C
27mm. brass.
Finca La Rioja is in the municipio of Cacahoatán. It was established in the beginning of the twentieth century by the Riojano immigrant Moisés Mugüerza Gutiérrez who planted cacao along with coffee and other crops.
Obverse: CAFETALES / LA RIOJA
Reverse: MUGÜERZA / 1
18mm. brass
This plantation was also owned by Enrique Braun Hansen.,
Grove 1220
Obverse: CAFETALES LA TRINIDAD / MEDIA CAJA / ENRIQUE BRAUN
Reverse: same
25mm. aluminum
Grove 1221
Obverse: CAFETALES LA TRINIDAD / UNA CAJA / ENRIQUE BRAUN
Reverse: same
29mm. aluminum
Grove 1222
Obverse: CAFETALES LA TRINIDAD / UNA TAREA / ENRIQUE BRAUN
Reverse: same
25mm. aluminum
In June 1909 Las Chicharras was recorded as owned by Casimiro Gandara{footnote}The Mexican Herald, 19 June 1909{/footnote}.
Grove 1171
Obverse: CAFETALES LAS CHICHARRAS / 1/2 / CAJON
Reverse: RAFAEL ORTEGA
23mm. brass.
Grove 1172
Obverse: CAFETALES LAS CHICHARRAS / 1 / CAJON
Reverse: RAFAEL ORTEGA
27mm. brass.
Grove 1173
Obverse: CAFETALES LAS CHICHARRAS / R. O.
Reverse: 1/2 / CAJA
24mm. brass.
Grove 1174
Obverse: CAFETALES LAS CHICHARRAS / R. O.
Reverse: 1 / CAJA
28mm. brass.
The ½ and 1 caja tokens were made by C. A. Klinker & Co. S. F.
Grove 1175
Obverse: CAFETALES / LA / ESPERANZA
Reverse: monogram ER / 1878
23mm. brass, silver-plated.
Guatimoc is in the municipio of Cacahoatán, 24 kilometres north-east of Tapachula.
The cafetal used a wide range of fichas, with different counterstamps. Many were produced by L. M. Moise. of San Francisco.
Grove 1176
Obverse: CAFETAL GUATIMOC / L. R. BREWER / 1/2
Reverse: blank.
24mm. brass.
Grove 1177
Obverse: within an undulating dotted border and around the value CAFETAL GUATIMOC / L. R. BREWER / 1
Reverse: blank, an undulating dotted border.
26mm. brass.
Grove 1178
Obverse: within an undulating dotted border and around the value CAFETAL GUATIMOC / L. R. BREWER / 1
Reverse: counterstamped. I. N.
26mm. brass.
Grove 1179
Obverse: within an undulating dotted border and around the value. CAFETAL GUATIMOC / L. R. BREWER / 1 counterstamped, M
Reverse: counterstamped, OS
26mm. brass.
Obverse, within an undulating dotted border and around the value. CAFETAL GUATIMOC / L. R. BREWER / 1 counterstamped, R
Reverse: counterstamped, I
26mm. brass.
Grove 1180
Obverse: within an undulating dotted border and around the value CAFETAL GUATIMOC / L. R. BREWER/ 1 counterstamped T
Reverse: counterstamped O D
26mm. brass.
Grove 1181
Obverse: within an undulating dotted border and around the value. CAFETAL GUATIMOC / L. R. BREWER / 1
Reverse: a house with one door and two windows.
26mm. brass
Grove 1182
Obverse: on an octagonal planchet, within a dotted circle and around an ornament L. R. BREWER / GUATIMOC
Reverse: 1½
27mm. aluminum.
Grove 1183
Obverse: on an octagonal planchet, within a dotted circle and around an ornament, L. R. BREWER GUATIMOC
Reverse: within a dotted circle is the value. 1½ , counterstamped, A
27mm. aluminum.
Grove 1184
Obverse: on an octagonal planchet, within a dotted circle and around an ornament. L. R. BREWER / GUATIMOC
Reverse: within a dotted circle is the value. 1½, counterstamped, T
27mm. aluminum.
Grove 1185
Obverse: on an octagonal planchet, within a dotted circle and around an ornament L. R. BREWER / GUATIMOC
Reverse: within a dotted circle is the value. 1½, counterstamped, TA
27mm. aluminum.
Grove 1186
Obverse: on an octagonal planchet, within a dotted border and around the value. CAFETAL GUATIMOC/ L. R. BREWER / 2
Reverse: blank, within a dotted border.
27mm. brass.
Grove 1187
Obverse: L. R. BREWER / GUATIMOC
Reverse: within a laurel wreath 3
29mm. aluminum
Grove 1188
Obverse: L. R. BREWER / GUATIMOC, counterstamped S
Reverse: within a laurel wreath 3, conterstamped M
29mm. aluminum
Grove 1189
Obverse: L. R. BREWER / GUATIMOC, counterstamped R
Reverse: within a laurel wreath 3, conterstamped D
29mm. aluminum
Grove 1190
Obverse: L. R. BREWER / GUATIMOC, counterstamped CO
Reverse: within a laurel wreath 3, conterstamped R
29mm. aluminum
Grove 1191
Obverse: on an octagonal planchet, GUATIMOC / 1911
Reverse: a Maltese cross
27mm. brass
Grove 1192
Obverse: on an octagonal planchet, GUATIMOC / 1911, counterstamped G
Reverse: a Maltese cross
27mm. brass
Grove 1193
Obverse: on an eight-lobed planchet, GUATIMOC / 1911
Reverse: within a circle is a five-pointed star.
27mm. brass
Grove 1194
Obverse: on an eight-lobed planchet, within a circle. GUATIMOC / 1911
Reverse: within a circle is a five-pointed star. counterstamped, A
28mm. brass.
Grove 1195
Obverse: on an eight-lobed planchet, within a circle. GUATIMOC / 1911, counterstamped A
Reverse: within a circle is a five-pointed star. counterstamped 16
28mm. brass.
Grove 1196
Obverse: on a square planchet with rounded corners and within a circle. GUATIMOC / 1911
Reverse: within a circle is a crescent and X.
25mm. brass.
Grove 1197
Obverse: within an undulating dotted border. GUATIMOC / 1911
Reverse: blank.
27mm. brass.
Grove 1198
Obverse: within an undulating dotted border. GUATIMOC / 1911
Reverse: house with one door and two windows.
27mm. brass.
Grove 1199
Obverse: within an undulating dotted border. GUATIMOC / 1911 counterstamped A
Reverse: , house with one door and two windows.
27mm. brass.
Grove 1200
Obverse: within a circle. GUATIMOC / 1911
Reverse: a tree and a house with two doors and one window.
24mm. brass.
Grove 1201
Obverse: within a circle. GUATIMOC / 1911, counterstamped A
Reverse:, a tree and a house with two doors and one window.
24mm. brass.
Grove 1202
Obverse: GUATIMOC / 1911
Reverse: a coffee bush
30mm. brass.
Grove 1203
Obverse: GUATIMOC / 1911, counterstamped A
Reverse: a coffee bush
30mm. brass
Apparently, in 1941, Simon Medone de Motatan imported a quantity of the remainders of the Guatimoc pieces into Venezuela and applied the incuse stamp M to them for use on his hacienda in Trujillo State{footnote}Rulau{/footnote}..
Finca Hamburgo is about miles north of Tapachula, at an altitude of 4,100 feet (1,249 metres). It was founded in 1888 by Arthur Erich Edelmann from Perleberg, Germany and his wife Doris Martens. Like all of the coffee pioneers in Mexico, the Edelmann family had to plant thousands of coffee plants on incredibly steep hillsides and build facilities for the processing of coffee (they put in the first flying fox machine in Mexico) and run it all using power from their own hydroelectric plant. Back in the late 1800s when the fincas were established, it took three days to travel the 53 kilometres (33 miles) from Tapachula.
The Edelman family in 1900
Finca Hamburgo is still run by descendants of Arthur Erich Edelmann. Nowadays, it has turned part of its original processing plant (beneficio) into a museum, full of photos and tools and other artifacts from the plantation’s early days in the late 1800s, including what is left of its ground-breaking flying fox.
Grove 1203
Obverse: CAFETAL HAMBURGO MEXICO
Reverse: 1/2
19mm. bronze
Grove 1203
Obverse: CAFETAL HAMBURGO MEXICO
Reverse: 1
22mm. bronze
Grove 1203
Obverse: CAFETAL HAMBURGO MEXICO
Reverse: 1 counterstamped with a P
22mm. bronze
Grove 1204
Obverse: CAFETAL HAMBURGO MEXICO / 5
Reverse: 5
19mm. bronze
Grove 1205
Obverse: CAFETAL HAMBURGO MEXICO / 10
Reverse: 10
24mm. bronze
Grove 1206
Obverse: CAFETAL HAMBURGO MEXICO / 20
Reverse: 20
27mm. bronze
Grove 1207
Obverse: CAFETAL HAMBURGO MEXICO / 50
Reverse: 50
30mm. bronze
Grove 1208
Obverse: CAFETAL HAMBURGO MEXICO / 1
Reverse: 1
35mm. bronze
Grove 1210
Obverse: CAFETAL MUNDO NUEVO / 1 / EUGENIO DE SABLA
Reverse:
26mm. brass
In June 1909 El Retiro, and San Nicolás, was recorded as owned by Adolfo Geisemann{footnote}The Mexican Herald, 19 June 1909{/footnote}.
Grove 1212
Obverse: A. D. GIESEMANN / CAFETAL / EL RETIRO / SOCONUSCO
Reverse: 1
25mm. brass.
Grove 1213
Obverse: G &. W ST. / Cafetal / El Retiro
Reverse: 4
23mm. brass.
Grove 1214
Obverse: G &. W ST. / Cafetal / El Retiro
Reverse: 4 and counterstamp P
23mm. brass.
Grove 1215
Obverse: G &. W ST. / Cafetal / El Retiro
Reverse: 4 and counterstamp T
23mm. brass.
Grove 1216
Obverse: EL RETIRO A. G. (Adolfo Giesemann)
Reverse: 2
20mm. bronze.
In June 1909 San Antonio and La Libertad were recorded as owned by Baron von Tuckheim{footnote}The Mexican Herald, 19 June 1909{/footnote}.
Grove 1211
Obverse: CAFETAL SAN ANTONIO / 1/2 / CAJON
Reverse: BEJARANO HERMANOS / SOCONUSCO.
23mm. brass
These were produced by Klinkner & Co. S. F. The Bejarano brothers were Nicolás and Manuel Bejarano.
probably from Chiapas.
Grove 1217
Obverse: CAFETAL / SAN FRANCISCO
Reverse: MARIANO RUIZ / 2 / REALES / SAN AGUSTIN
25mm. bronze.
Grove 1218
Obverse: CAFETAL SANTA MARIA / SOCONUSCO.
Reverse: TEOFILO PALACIOS / 1/2 / TAPACHULA MEXICO
23mm. bronze.
Grove 1219
Obverse: CAFETAL SANTA MARIA / SOCONUSCO.
Reverse: TEOFILO PALACIOS / 1 / TAPACHULA MEXICO
29mm. bronze.
Grove 1320
Obverse: CUILCO VIEJO / SOCONUSCO
Reverse: ENRIQUE HERMAN / 4
25mm. brass
Grove 1338
Obverse: LA ESTRELLA / LUIS THOMALEN / TAPACHULA
Reverse: VALE / 1/4 REAL / AL PORTADOR
18 x 28mm. aluminum
Grove 1341
Obverse: LA FAVORITA / F. VAQUERO / 1894
Reverse: tree
32mm. bronze
Grove 1348
Obverse: FINCA LA ALICIA / 1
Reverse: 1
36mm. aluminum
Finca Argovia is located 42 kilometres (26 miles) north of Tapachula.
Luis Jacoby was born in Berlin, Germany, in 1841 and emigrated to Mexico and became a naturalized citizen. Probably around 1867 he purchased the Hacienda Obrajuelo, near the city of Apaseo el Grande, Guanajuato (the Jacoby family would lose the Hacienda Obrajuelo during the Revolution). He also acquired the plantation El Horizonte in Tumbador, Guatamala on the line of the central railroad near the southern border of Mexico{footnote}Grove lists three tokens from El Horizonte (Grove 1664 - 1666} as being from Chiapas{/footnote}. Along with his brother Martin Jacoby, Luis turned these properties into modern and highly profitable farming, cattle and mining concerns.
In 1894 Luis Jacoby and Werner Hagnauer purchased land in the Sierra Madres to create the Argovia coffee plantation.
Jacoby & Hagnauer brass ¼r (Heritage auction, 26 June 2014, lot 18219)
Grove 1349
Obverse: JACOBY / Y HAGNAUER / FINCA ARGOVIA / SOCONUSCO / MEXICO
Reverse: 1/4 REAL
20mm. brass
Grove 1350
Obverse: JACOBY / Y HAGNAUER / FINCA ARGOVIA / SOCONUSCO / MEXICO
Reverse: 1/2 REAL
20mm. brass
Grove 1351
Obverse: JACOBY / Y HAGNAUER / FINCA ARGOVIA / SOCONUSCO / MEXICO
Reverse: 1 REAL
23mm. brass
Grove 1352
Obverse: JACOBY / Y HAGNAUER / FINCA ARGOVIA / SOCONUSCO / MEXICO
Reverse: 2 REALES
26mm. brass
In June 1909 Widmayer Bros were recorded as owning the San Cristobal plantation{footnote}The Mexican Herald, 19 June 1909{/footnote}.
Grove 1353
Obverse: WIDMAIER HERMANOS / CONTRA / SEÑA / FINCA AURORA
Reverse: WIDMAIER HERMANOS / 1 TAREA / FINCA AURORA
28mm. bronze
Grove 1354
Obverse: FINCA / MEDIA CAJA / LA AZUCENA
Reverse: C. E. / DE LA CERDA
30mm. aluminium
Grove 1355
Obverse: FINCA / UN CAJA / LA AZUCENA
Reverse: C. E. / DE LA CERDA
35mm. aluminium
Grove 1356
Obverse: FINCA CARRO DEL CARMEN
Reverse: 1/2
24mm. brass
Grove 1357
Obverse: FINCA CARRO DEL CARMEN
Reverse: 1
29mm. brass
Grove 1358
Obverse: FINCA / O. H. / CHAGUITE
Reverse: 1
20mm. brass
In June 1909 the Irlanda plantation was owned by the Hidalgo Plantation and Commercial Company{footnote}The Mexican Herald, 19 June 1909{/footnote}.
Grove 1680
Obverse: X / IRLANDA
Reverse:
24mm. aluminum
Grove 1681
Obverse: XX / IRLANDA
Reverse:
27mm. aluminum
Grove 1682
Obverse: L / IRLANDA
Reverse:
30mm. aluminum
Grove 1683
Obverse: C / IRLANDA
Reverse:
36mm. aluminum
Grove 1684
Obverse: IRLANDA
Reverse:
25mm. aluminum
Grove 1359
Obverse: FINCA LA CUÑA 1
Reverse: ALMERDARIZ HNOS. / HUIXTLA / CHIS.
28mm. aluminium
Grove 1361
Obverse: FINCA EL GUAYABAL 6¼
Reverse: eagle
25mm. aluminium
Grove 1362
Obverse: FINCA EL GUAYABAL 25
Reverse: eagle
27mm. aluminium
Grove 1363
Obverse: FINCA EL GUAYABAL 50
Reverse: eagle
30mm. aluminium
These bear the imprint of Moise - K. - Co.
This finca was owned by the Blankenhorn family.
Grove 1368
Obverse: FINCA LA LAGUNA / 50
Reverse: 50
30mm. aluminum
Grove 1369
Obverse: FINCA LA LAGUNA / 1
Reverse: 1
36mm. aluminum
In June 1909 San Antonio and La Libertad were recorded as owned by Baron von Tuckheim{footnote}The Mexican Herald, 19 June 1909{/footnote}.
Grove 1370
Obverse: FINCA LA LIBERTAD / 5
Reverse: 5
19mm. aluminum
Grove 1371
Obverse: FINCA LA LIBERTAD / 50
Reverse: 50
30mm. aluminum
Grove 1372
Obverse: FINCA LA LIBERTAD / 1
Reverse: 1
35mm. aluminum
Grove 1373
Obverse: JUAN MONRIBOT / FINCA / LAS MARAVILLAS counterstamped 1/2
Reverse: 1/2 / TAREA
25mm. aluminum
Grove 1374
Obverse: JUAN MONRIBOT / FINCA / LAS MARAVILLAS
Reverse: 1
30mm. aluminum
Grove 1375
Obverse: FINCA MEXICO / SOCONUSCO / 1895
Reverse: VALE / 1/2 / TAREA
18mm x 28mm. aluminum
This was made by L. H. Moise. S. F.
Grove 1376
Obverse: FINCA MONTE GRANDE / 1-T (Tarea) / CHIS. MEX.
Reverse: VALE POR / 1-T / MIGUEL MOISES & CO.
36mm. aluminum
Friedrich Kortum arrived in Chiapas in around 1894 and founded the finca Mumumil in Tila. (and Sabanilla).
Grove 1377
Obverse: FINCA MUMUNIL / CHIAPAS
Reverse: KORTUM HERMANOS / ¼R
19mm. bronze
Grove 1378
Obverse: FINCA MUMUNIL / CHIAPAS
Reverse: KORTUM HERMANOS / ½R
23mm. brass
Grove 1379
Obverse: FINCA MUMUNIL / CHIAPAS
Reverse: KORTUM HERMANOS / 1R
24mm.
Grove 1380
Obverse: FINCA MUMUNIL / CHIAPAS
Reverse: KORTUM HERMANOS / 25
28mm. nickel
Grove 1381
Obverse: FINCA MUMUNIL / CHIAPAS
Reverse: KORTUM HERMANOS / 50
30mm. aluminum
Grove 1382
Obverse: FINCA MUMUNIL / CHIAPAS, counterstamped A P C
Reverse: KORTUM HERMANOS / 50
30mm. aluminum
Grove 1382
Obverse: FINCA MUMUNIL / CHIAPAS
Reverse: KORTUM HERMANOS / 100 / PESO
38mm. brass
Grove 1383
Obverse: FINCA MUMUNIL / CHIAPAS
Reverse: KORTUM HERMANOS / 200 / PESOS
38mm. brass and copper-nickel
Grove 1759
Obverse: KORTUM HERMANOS / MUMUNIL / CHIAPAS MEXICO
Reverse: VALE / 1/2 / REAL
19mm. brass
Grove 1760
Obverse: KORTUM HERMANOS / MUMUNIL / CHIAPAS MEXICO
Reverse: VALE / 1 / REAL
22mm. brass
Grove 1761
Obverse: KORTUM HERMANOS / MUMUNIL / CHIAPAS MEXICO
Reverse: VALE / 2 / REALES
24mm. aluminum
Grove
Obverse: KORTUM HERMANOS / MUMUNIL / CHIAPAS MEXICO
Reverse: VALE / 3 / CENTAVOS
Grove 1762
Obverse: KORTUM HERMANOS / MUMUNIL / CHIAPAS MEXICO
Reverse: VALE / 50 / CENTAVOS
30mm. aluminum
Grove 1385
Obverse: FINCA LAS NUBES / TAPACHULA around a coffee bush
Reverse: 1CHIAPAS / 1/4 / MEXICO
18mm. copper-nickel
Grove 1386
Obverse: FINCA LAS NUBES / TAPACHULA around a coffee bush
Reverse: CHIAPAS / 1/2 / MEXICO
24mm.
Grove 1398
Obverse: FINCA LA REALIDAD / 10 CENT / CHIS. MEX.
Reverse: VALE POR / 10 CENT / ZAMORA HERMANOS
24mm. aluminum
Grove 1398a
Obverse: FINCA LA REALIDAD / 20 CENT / CHIS. MEX.
Reverse: VALE POR / 20 CENT / ZAMORA HERMANOS
29mm. aluminum
Grove 1399
Obverse: FINCA LA REALIDAD / 50 CENT / CHIS. MEX.
Reverse: VALE POR / 50 CENT / ZAMORA HERMANOS
32mm. aluminum
In 1967 Anillo Industries, Inc., of Orange, California, bought at auction, 3,492 token dies belonging to the L. A. Rubber Stamp Co., which had gone out of business. Anillo attempted to go into the token striking business and, using the token dies, struck twenty five sets of aluminum manufacturer’s sample tokens. The reverses are blank and are flat since they were designed to be mounted in salesmen’s sample catalogs. It is believed that twenty-two complete sets and three partial sets of these tokens exist, including examples of the Finca la Realidad.
In 1967 Anillo Industries, Inc., of Orange, California, bought at auction, 3,492 token dies belonging to the L. A. Rubber Stamp Co., which had gone out of business. Anillo attempted to go into the token striking business and, using the token dies, struck twenty five sets of aluminum manufacturer’s sample tokens. The reverses are blank and are flat since they were designed to be mounted in salesmen’s sample catalogs. It is believed that twenty-two complete sets and three partial sets of these tokens exist, including examples of the A. B. W. Club.
Alejando Córdova owned the San Gerónimo plantation in June 1909{footnote}The Mexican Herald, 19 June 1909{/footnote}.
Grove 1400
Obverse: A. CÓRDOVA / FINCA / SAN GERÓNIMO
Reverse: VALE / AL PORTADOR / (½) MEDIA / TAREA
24mm. aluminum
Grove 1401
Obverse: A. CÓRDOVA / FINCA / SAN GERÓNIMO
Reverse: VALE / AL PORTADOR / (1) UNA / TAREA
30mm. aluminum
These were made by Moise K. S. F.
In June 1909 San Juan las Chicharras was owned by Roser Bros{footnote}The Mexican Herald, 19 June 1909{/footnote}.
Grove 1402
Obverse: FINCA SAN JUAN / J. MAGEE / LAS CHICHARAS counterstamped U
Reverse: SOCONUSCO / MEDIA / CAJA / MEXICO counterstamped U
24mm. brass
Grove 1403
Obverse: FINCA SAN JUAN / J. MAGEE / LAS CHICHARAS counterstamped U
Reverse: SOCONUSCO / UNA / TAREA / MEXICO counterstamped U
26mm. brass
J. Magee was Juan Magee.
Grove 1404
Obverse: FINCA SANTA ANITA / 50 counterstamped M
Reverse: 50 counterstamped M
30mm. aluminum
Grove 1405
Obverse: FINCA SANTA ANITA / 1
Reverse: 1 counterstamped M
35mm. aluminum
Grove 1406
Obverse: FINCAS SANTA ANITA Y MORELIA / 50 counterstamped M
Reverse: 50 counterstamped M
30mm. aluminum
Grove 1407
Obverse: FINCAS SANTA ANITA Y MORELIA / 1 counterstamped M
Reverse: 1 counterstamped M
35mm. aluminum
These fincas were owned by Henkel y Cía.
Grove 1407
Obverse: JOAQUIN GARCIA / FINCA STA JULIA
Reverse: HUIXTLA CHIS. / 50 / CENTAVOS
28mm. aluminum
Grove 1408
Obverse: JOAQUIN GARCIA / FINCA STA JULIA
Reverse: HUIXTLA CHIS. / 250 / DOS PESOS 50 CENTAVOS
28mm. aluminum
A. Quimby owned the Santa Lucia plantation in 1909{footnote}The Mexican Herald, 19 June 1909{/footnote}.
Grove 1409
Obverse: FINCA SANTA LUCIA
Reverse: F. A. QUINBY / VALE / POR / DOS REALES
28mm. aluminum
This token was produced by Patrick & Co. S.F.
Finca Villanueva is located in the municipio of Tuzantán, just to the east of Huixtla.
Grove 1414
Obverse: FINCA VILLANUEVA / 25 / CENTAVOS
Reverse: DOMINGO CASTELLANOS Y CO. / HUIXTLA / CHIS.
26mm. aluminum
Grove 1415
Obverse: FINCA VILLANUEVA / 50 / CENTAVOS
Reverse: DOMINGO CASTELLANOS Y CO. / HUIXTLA / CHIS.
28mm. aluminum
Grove 1416
Obverse: FINCA VILLANUEVA / $2.50
Reverse: DOMINGO CASTELLANOS Y CO. / HUIXTLA / CHIS.
32mm. aluminum
Grove 1424
Obverse: LA FLORIDA
Reverse: 40 / CENT counterstamped A
26mm. brass
Grove 1425
Obverse: LA FLORIDA
Reverse: 80 / CENT
26mm. brass
In June 1909 the Germania plantation was owned by Luttman and Kahle{footnote}The Mexican Herald, 19 June 1909{/footnote}.
Grove 1448
Obverse: GUILLO KAHLE / GERMANIA / 5
Reverse: same
18mm. brass
Grove 1449
Obverse: GUILLO KAHLE / GERMANIA / 10
Reverse: same
18mm. aluminum
Grove 1450
Obverse: GUILLO KAHLE / GERMANIA / 20
Reverse: same
23mm. aluminum
Grove 1837
Obverse: GUILLO KAHLE / PRUSIA / 5
Reverse: same
17mm. brass
Grove 1838
Obverse: GUILLO KAHLE / PRUSIA / 10
Reverse: same
17mm. brass
Grove 1839
Obverse: GUILLO KAHLE / PRUSIA / 20
Reverse: same
24mm. brass
Grove 1840
Obverse: GUILLO KAHLE / PRUSIA / 100
Reverse: same
28mm. brass
Hannover is located in the municipio of Tuzantán.
Grove 1661
Obverse: HANNOVER
Reverse: ENRIQUE / MACAL
25mm. lead
Grove 1662
Obverse: HIND Y COMPANIA / 1/10 / DIA / TAPACHULA
Reverse: HIND Y COMPANIA / 1/10 / DIA / TAPACHULA
26mm. brass
Grove 1663
Obverse: HIND Y COMPANIA / 1 / DIA / TAPACHULA
Reverse: HIND Y COMPANIA / 1 / DIA / TAPACHULA
30mm. brass
Verrey list a token for La Joya, with no denomination.
Grove 1708
Obverse: MOHR SCHIMPF / Liquidambar
Reverse: 1 TAREA
25mm. brass
Grove 1714
Obverse: MALÁ counterstamped M
Reverse: ORIENTE counterstamped 8
27 x 32mm. brass
This was produced by Patrick & Co. S.F.
In June 1909 El Manacal was recorded as owned by Wohler Bartning{footnote}The Mexican Herald, 19 June 1909{/footnote}.
Grove 1715
Obverse: EL MANACAL / 1899 / TAPACHULA
Reverse: MEDIO
25mm. brass
Grove 1716
Obverse: EL MANACAL / 1899 / TAPACHULA
Reverse: UN REAL
35mm. aluminum
Grove 1720
Obverse: JUAN MONRIBOT / 1 / LAS MARAVILLAS
Reverse: 1
27mm. brass
Grove 1721
Obverse: JUAN MONRIBOT / 4 / LAS MARAVILLAS P. TAPACHULA
Reverse: 4
24mm. brass
Grove 1765
Obverse: NACIMIENTO / 1 / MEXICO
Reverse:
23mm. copper-nickel
Numancia is situated in the municipio of Cacahoatán. José Revulto was recorded as owning the La Alianza plantation in June 1909{footnote}The Mexican Herald, 19 June 1909{/footnote}.
Grove 1786
Obverse: JOSE REVUELTO / NUMANCIA
Reverse: NUMANCIA / 1 / CAJA
30mm. aluminum
Grove 1810
Obverse: PARLANGE HNOS / 1/2 / TAPACHULA - CHIS.
Reverse: PARLANGE HNOS / 1/2 / TAPACHULA - CHIS.
30mm. brass
Grove 1811
Obverse: PARLANGE HNOS / 1 / TAPACHULA - CHIS.
Reverse: PARLANGE HNOS / 1 / TAPACHULA - CHIS.
35mm. brass
Grove 1814
Obverse: PASO DEL NORTE Y ANEXAS / 1 / ANTONIO VALERA
Reverse: blank
37.5mm. aluminum
Grove 1815
Obverse: PASO DEL NORTE Y ANEXAS / 1 / ANTONIO VALERA counterstamped O
Reverse: blank counterstamped O
37.5mm. aluminum
Grove
Obverse: R. O. STEVENSON / LA PATRIA
Reverse: SOCONUSCO /MEDIA CAJA / MEXICO
Grove 1817
Obverse: R. O. STEVENSON / LA PATRIA
Reverse: SOCONUSCO / UNA CAJA / MEXICO
30mm. bronze
In June 1909 El Refugio was recorded as owned by Fernando Preisler{footnote}The Mexican Herald, 19 June 1909{/footnote}.
Grove 1849
Obverse: El REFUGIO
Reverse: horse
38mm. copper nickel
made by C. A. Klinkner & Co. S. F.
Grove 1880
Obverse: EDUARDO RABASA / SAN ISIDRO / CHIAPAS MEXICO
Reverse: SEÑA / 2 / MEDIDAS
24mm. aluminum
Grove 1886
Obverse: around a palm tree SAN NICOLAS / MANUEL BEJARANO
Reverse: 1 / TAREA counterstamped G C
29mm.
This was produced by L.H. Moise S.F.
In June 1909 San Vicente was recorded as owned by de la Cerda{footnote}The Mexican Herald, 19 June 1909{/footnote}.
Grove 1894
Obverse: SAN VICENTE / 1911
Reverse: Maltese cross
25mm. aluminum
This was made by Moise S. F.
Grove 1895
Obverse: SAN VICENTE / 1911
Reverse: crescent moon, counterstamped 40
29mm. aluminum
Grove 1896
Obverse: SAN VICENTE / 1911
Reverse: four pointed star
26mm. aluminum
Grove 1899
Obverse: SANTA CLARA / Y / SAN RAFAEL
Reverse: 1/2 / CAJA
24mm. brass
Grove 1936
Obverse: SUSPIRO / 1-
Reverse:
32mm. brass
El Triunfo, owned by the German American Coffee Company, was 20,000 hectares and employed 3,000 workers in Tumbalá and Salto de Agua.
Grove 1986
Obverse: around a hole, DIA 1/2 TRAB. / TRIUNFO / 1889
Reverse: same
15mm brass
Grove 1987
Obverse: around a hole, DIA 1 TRAB. / TRIUNFO / 1889
Reverse: same
25mm brass
Grove 1988
Obverse: around a hole, CANASTO 1/2 CAFE / TRIUNFO / 1889
Reverse: same
15mm brass
Grove 1989
Obverse: around a hole, CANASTO 1 CAFE / TRIUNFO / 1889
Reverse: same
20mm brass
Grove 1990
Obverse: around a hole, CANASTO 1/2 DE CAFE / TRIUNFO / 1901
Reverse: same
18 x 23mm brass
Grove 1991
Obverse: around a hole, CANASTO 1 DE CAFE / TRIUNFO / 1901
Reverse: same
24 x 30mm brass
Grove 1967
Obverse: TONINTANA CHICO counterstamped 8
Reverse: diamond
25mm. brass
Grove 1968
Obverse: TONINTANA CHICO counterstamped A
Reverse: five pointed star
25mm. brass
Grove 1969
Obverse: TONINTANA CHICO
Reverse: crescent moon, counterstamped L
29mm. brass
Grove 1970
Obverse: TONINTANA CHICO
Reverse: cross
24mm. brass
Grove 2002
Obverse: L. Y M. VERGEL
Reverse: 1/2
18mm. brass
Grove 2003
Obverse: L. M.
Reverse: 2½
16mm. copper-nickel
Grove 2004
Obverse: L. y M. / VERGEL
Reverse: 10
16mm. copper-nickel
In this part of Coahuila Lorenzo González Treviño converted the desert into a prosperous cotton plantation, worked by 307 Mexican families that had been repatriated from Texas.
Grove 1257
Obverse: CIA AGRICOLA Y GANADERA / DEL RIO DE / SAN DIEGO, S. A. / 1910 / SAN CARLOS / RAYA 5
Reverse: CIA AGRICOLA Y GANADERA / DEL RIO DE / SAN DIEGO, S. A. / 1910 / SAN CARLOS / RAYA 5 counterstamped H
29 mm. nickel
Grove 1258
Obverse: CIA AGRICOLA Y GANADERA / DEL RIO DE / SAN DIEGO, S. A. / 1910 / SAN CARLOS / RAYA 10
Reverse: CIA AGRICOLA Y GANADERA / DEL RIO DE / SAN DIEGO, S. A. / 1910 / SAN CARLOS / RAYA 10 counterstamped L
29 mm. nickel
Grove 1259
Obverse: CIA AGRICOLA Y GANADERA / DEL RIO DE / SAN DIEGO, S. A. / 1910 / SAN CARLOS / RAYA 20
Reverse: CIA AGRICOLA Y GANADERA / DEL RIO DE / SAN DIEGO, S. A. / 1910 / SAN CARLOS / RAYA 20 counterstamped C
29 mm. nickel
Grove 1260
Obverse: CIA AGRICOLA Y GANADERA / DEL RIO DE / SAN DIEGO, S. A. / 1910 / SAN CARLOS / RAYA 50
Reverse: CIA AGRICOLA Y GANADERA / DEL RIO DE / SAN DIEGO, S. A. / 1910 / SAN CARLOS / RAYA 50
29 mm. nickel