Construction of this hacienda began in 1529 on the orders of Hernán Cortés. In 1558 the Franciscan missionaries were forced to abandon the monastery, it was then that San Gabriel became a sugar plantation, which would later become the largest and most important sugar mill in Mexico
Grove 1566
Obverse: VALE POR EFECTOS DE LA TIENDA DE LA HACIENDA / DE SAN / GABRIEL
Reverse: MOSSO HERMANOS / 1/2
25 mm. bronze
Grove 1567
Obverse: VALE POR EFECTOS DE LA TIENDA DE LA HACIENDA / DE SAN / GABRIEL
Reverse: MOSSO HERMANOS / 1 RL
29 mm. bronze
Grove 1568
Obverse: VALE POR EFECTOS DE LA TIENDA DE LA HACIENDA / DE SAN / GABRIEL
Reverse: MOSSO HERMANOS / 2 Rs
32 mm. bronze
Grove 1569
Obverse: HACIENDA DE SAN GABRIEL / VALE POR / 1 REAL/ DE / CARNE
Reverse: MOSSO HERMANOS / 1 RL
29 mm. bronze
Grove 1948
Obverse: LA TENDA DE LA HAC. / ½ / CUAHUISTLA / Ve Pr EFeTs DE
Reverse: FMC in monogram
39 x 29mm. bronze
Aqueduct for irrigating cane fields, Hacienda de Puga
The Hacienda de Puga was owned by Jose Maria Castaños y Lozano from 1846 until 1887. In 1861 he was Finance Minister to President Juárez, but resigned to become a deputy in the Jalisco Legislature. He was exiled to San Francisco, California from 1863 to 1866 during the French occupation of Jalisco. This Hacienda produced Sugar and had its own Mill.
In 1896 it was acquired by the Aguirre casa comercial, who managed it until 1935.
There are other, similar tokens from this hacienda that bear the date 1871.
Grove 1541
Obverse: HACIENDA DE PUGA / C T
Reverse: a cattlebrand within a wreath
21 mm.
Grove 1542
Obverse: a cattlebrand
Reverse: a cattlebrand within a wreath
21 mm.
Grove 1709
Obverse: L. LOAIZA / CIENEGA, / MEX.
Reverse: VALE POR UN / DIA
25mm. brass
These were produced by Klinker & Co. S. F.
This hacienda was located ten kilometres north of Lampazos. It was established in 1887 by General Francisco Naranjo, who may have named it after his wife, Dolores. Naranjo brought in 300 labourers from central Mexico to work his estate with the latest techniques for irrigation and cultivation.
Grove 1487
Obverse: HACIENDA / DE / DOLORES / LAMPAZOS.
Reverse: VALE / 3 / TRES CENTAVOS
16mm. brass
Grove 1488
Obverse: HACIENDA / DE / DOLORES / LAMPAZOS.
Reverse: VALE / 12½ / DOCE Y MEDIO CENTAVOS
25mm. brass
In 1899 El Imparcial{footnote}El Imparcial{/footnote} reported on the formation of a company in Chicago with the object of investing in agriculture in the Tehuantepec isthmus. The Tehuantepec Mutual Planters Company planted bananas, 810 hectares of sugarcane, and 570 hectares of orange trees, the largest orange grove in the country. By 1904, the same company was sending railroad cars loaded with tomatoes directly to the United States.
Its president and general manager was the Chicagoan, Wallace Edward Butler.
Grove 1937
Obverse: TEHUANTEPEC / MUTUAL / PLANTERS / COMPAÑIA
Reverse: SE VALE / 75¢ / EN / MERCENCIAS
25mm. brass
Grove 1493
Obverse: HACIENDA / DE / GUANAME
Reverse: TRASQUILA
20 mm. brass
Grove 1494
Obverse: HACIENDA DE GUANAME
Reverse: TRASQUILA / 1877
30 mm. brass
Grove 1600
Obverse: TEODOMIRO GARFIAS / HACIENDA / DE / SANTIAGO. S. L. P.
Reverse: 5
20 mm. brass
Grove 1601
Obverse: TEODOMIRO GARFIAS / HACIENDA / DE / SANTIAGO. S. L. P.
Reverse: 10
25 mm. brass
Grove 1602
Obverse: TEODOMIRO GARFIAS / HACIENDA / DE / SANTIAGO. S. L. P.
Reverse: 25
28 mm. brass
Grove 1603
Obverse: TEODOMIRO GARFIAS / HACIENDA / DE / SANTIAGO. S. L. P.
Reverse: 50
30 mm. brass
Grove 1604
Obverse: TEODOMIRO GARFIAS / HACIENDA / DE / SANTIAGO. S. L. P.
Reverse: 100
35 mm. brass
The following tokens needs to be definitely located.
Obverse: HACIENDA DE SANTIAGO / 1 / R.P
Reverse: TRASQUILA / 1868.
Obverse: HACIENDA DE SANTIAGO / 5 / R.P
Reverse: TRASQUILA / 1868.
Grove 1611
Obverse: HACIENDA / DE / SIERRA HERMOSA
Reverse: TRASQUILA / 1
17 mm. brass
Grove
Obverse: HACIENDA / DE / SIERRA HERMOSA
Reverse: TRASQUILA / 10
mm. brass
Brass 20 Trasquila Token, (Stack’s Bowers Auction, 13 October 2021, lot 71631)
Grove 1612
Obverse: HACIENDA / DE / SIERRA HERMOSA
Reverse: TRASQUILA / 20
27 mm. brass
Grove 1613
Obverse: HACIENDA / DE / SIERRA HERMOSA
Reverse: TRASQUILA / 30
27 mm. brass
Grove 1614
Obverse: HACIENDA / DE / SIERRA HERMOSA
Reverse: TRASQUILA / 40
27 mm. brass
Grove 1615
Obverse: HACIENDA / DE / SIERRA HERMOSA
Reverse: TRASQUILA / 80
30 mm. brass
Grove 1616
Obverse: HACIENDA / DE / SIERRA HERMOSA
Reverse: TRASQUILA / 160
35 mm. brass
A trasquila is a fleece.
The hacienda of La Concepciòn, owned by the Cunningham Investment Co., was located east of El Limonal, now in the municipio of El Naranjo.
Grove 1672
Obverse: CUNNINGHAM / INGENIO / CONCEPCION / S.L.P. / INVESTMENT CO.
Reverse: CONTRASEÑA / DE / 1/16 / TAREA
17 mm. brass
Grove 1673 ½ tarea counterstamped R (Del Bosque, Briggs & Bustos Auction 14, 9 October 2021, lot 336)
Grove 1673
Obverse: CUNNINGHAM / INGENIO / CONCEPCION / S.L.P. / INVESTMENT CO.
Reverse: CONTRASEÑA / DE / ½ / TAREA counterstamped A
28 mm. brass
Grove 1674
Obverse: CUNNINGHAM / INGENIO / CONCEPCION / S.L.P. / INVESTMENT CO.
Reverse: CONTRASEÑA / DE / 1 / TAREA counterstamped R
31 mm. brass
Grove 1672
Obverse: CUNNINGHAM / INGENIO / CONCEPCION / S.L.P. / INVESTMENT CO.
Reverse: CONTRASEÑA / DE / 2 / TAREAS counterstamped R
14 mm. brass
These were made by L. A. Rub. Stamp Co.
Grove 1818
Obverse: PEÑON BLANCO
Reverse: E
26mm. brass
The E is the intial of the owner, Errazu.