Tokens from Chiapas coffee plantations
Mules loaded with coffee
Coffee production
Coffee has been commercially grown in the Soconusco region of ChiapasThe 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 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.
Tokens
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.
Issues
La Alianza
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 1909The Mexican Herald, 19 June 1909.
La Aurora
Grove 1142
Obverse: M. MARTINEZ / 2 / "LA AURORA"
Reverse: blank
21mm. brass
Cafetal Acapulco
Grove 1165
Obverse: CAFETAL ACAPULCO F. DE. C.
Reverse: 1 CAJA
27mm. brass.
Cafetales de E. Braun
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.
Cafetales La Rioja
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
Cafetales La Trinidad
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
Cafetal Las Chicharras
In June 1909 Las Chicharras was recorded as owned by Casimiro GandaraThe Mexican Herald, 19 June 1909.
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.
Cafetal La Esperanza
Grove 1175
Obverse: CAFETALES / LA / ESPERANZA
Reverse: monogram ER / 1878
23mm. brass, silver-plated.
Cafetal Guatimoc
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 StateRulau..
Cafetal Hamburgo
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
Cafetal Mundo Nuevo
Grove 1210
Obverse: CAFETAL MUNDO NUEVO / 1 / EUGENIO DE SABLA
Reverse:
26mm. brass
Cafetal El Retiro
In June 1909 El Retiro, and San Nicolás, was recorded as owned by Adolfo GeisemannThe Mexican Herald, 19 June 1909.
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.
Cafetal San Antonio
In June 1909 San Antonio and La Libertad were recorded as owned by Baron von TuckheimThe Mexican Herald, 19 June 1909.
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.
Cafetal San Francisco
probably from Chiapas.
Grove 1217
Obverse: CAFETAL / SAN FRANCISCO
Reverse: MARIANO RUIZ / 2 / REALES / SAN AGUSTIN
25mm. bronze.
Cafetal Santa María
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.
Cuilco Viejo
Grove 1320
Obverse: CUILCO VIEJO / SOCONUSCO
Reverse: ENRIQUE HERMAN / 4
25mm. brass
La Estrella
Grove 1338
Obverse: LA ESTRELLA / LUIS THOMALEN / TAPACHULA
Reverse: VALE / 1/4 REAL / AL PORTADOR
18 x 28mm. aluminum
La Favorita
Grove 1341
Obverse: LA FAVORITA / F. VAQUERO / 1894
Reverse: tree
32mm. bronze
Finca La Alicia
Grove 1348
Obverse: FINCA LA ALICIA / 1
Reverse: 1
36mm. aluminum
Finca Argovia
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 MexicoGrove lists three tokens from El Horizonte (Grove 1664 - 1666} as being from Chiapas. 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
Finca Aurora
In June 1909 Widmayer Bros were recorded as owning the San Cristobal plantationThe Mexican Herald, 19 June 1909.
Grove 1353
Obverse: WIDMAIER HERMANOS / CONTRA / SEÑA / FINCA AURORA
Reverse: WIDMAIER HERMANOS / 1 TAREA / FINCA AURORA
28mm. bronze
Finca La Azucena
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
Finca Cerro del Carmen
Grove 1356
Obverse: FINCA CARRO DEL CARMEN
Reverse: 1/2
24mm. brass
Grove 1357
Obverse: FINCA CARRO DEL CARMEN
Reverse: 1
29mm. brass
Finca Chaguite
Grove 1358
Obverse: FINCA / O. H. / CHAGUITE
Reverse: 1
20mm. brass
Finca Irlanda
In June 1909 the Irlanda plantation was owned by the Hidalgo Plantation and Commercial CompanyThe Mexican Herald, 19 June 1909.
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
Finca La Cuña
Grove 1359
Obverse: FINCA LA CUÑA 1
Reverse: ALMERDARIZ HNOS. / HUIXTLA / CHIS.
28mm. aluminium
Finca El Guayabal
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.
Finca La Laguna
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
Finca La Libertad
In June 1909 San Antonio and La Libertad were recorded as owned by Baron von TuckheimThe Mexican Herald, 19 June 1909.
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
Finca Las Maravillas
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
Finca México
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.
Finca Monte Grande
Grove 1376
Obverse: FINCA MONTE GRANDE / 1-T (Tarea) / CHIS. MEX.
Reverse: VALE POR / 1-T / MIGUEL MOISES & CO.
36mm. aluminum
Finca Mumunil
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
Finca Las Nubes
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.
Finca La Realidad
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.
Finca Peru
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.
Finca San Gerónimo
Alejando Córdova owned the San Gerónimo plantation in June 1909The Mexican Herald, 19 June 1909.
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.
Finca San Juan las Chicharras
In June 1909 San Juan las Chicharras was owned by Roser BrosThe Mexican Herald, 19 June 1909.
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.
Finca Santa Anita
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
Fincas Santa Anita y Morelia
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.
Finca Santa Julia
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
Finca Santa Lucia
A. Quimby owned the Santa Lucia plantation in 1909The Mexican Herald, 19 June 1909.
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
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
La Florida
Grove 1424
Obverse: LA FLORIDA
Reverse: 40 / CENT counterstamped A
26mm. brass
Grove 1425
Obverse: LA FLORIDA
Reverse: 80 / CENT
26mm. brass
Germania
In June 1909 the Germania plantation was owned by Luttman and KahleThe Mexican Herald, 19 June 1909.
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
Prusia
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
Hannover is located in the municipio of Tuzantán.
Grove 1661
Obverse: HANNOVER
Reverse: ENRIQUE / MACAL
25mm. lead
Hind y Compañía
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
La Joya
Verrey list a token for La Joya, with no denomination.
Liquidámbar
Grove 1708
Obverse: MOHR SCHIMPF / Liquidambar
Reverse: 1 TAREA
25mm. brass
Malá
Grove 1714
Obverse: MALÁ counterstamped M
Reverse: ORIENTE counterstamped 8
27 x 32mm. brass
This was produced by Patrick & Co. S.F.
El Manacal
In June 1909 El Manacal was recorded as owned by Wohler BartningThe Mexican Herald, 19 June 1909.
Grove 1715
Obverse: EL MANACAL / 1899 / TAPACHULA
Reverse: MEDIO
25mm. brass
Grove 1716
Obverse: EL MANACAL / 1899 / TAPACHULA
Reverse: UN REAL
35mm. aluminum
Las Maravillas
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
Nacimiento
Grove 1765
Obverse: NACIMIENTO / 1 / MEXICO
Reverse:
23mm. copper-nickel
Numancia
Numancia is situated in the municipio of Cacahoatán. José Revulto was recorded as owning the La Alianza plantation in June 1909The Mexican Herald, 19 June 1909.
Grove 1786
Obverse: JOSE REVUELTO / NUMANCIA
Reverse: NUMANCIA / 1 / CAJA
30mm. aluminum
Parlange Hermanos
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
Paso del Norte
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
La Patria
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
El Refugio
In June 1909 El Refugio was recorded as owned by Fernando PreislerThe Mexican Herald, 19 June 1909.
Grove 1849
Obverse: El REFUGIO
Reverse: horse
38mm. copper nickel
made by C. A. Klinkner & Co. S. F.
San Isidro
Grove 1880
Obverse: EDUARDO RABASA / SAN ISIDRO / CHIAPAS MEXICO
Reverse: SEÑA / 2 / MEDIDAS
24mm. aluminum
San Nicolás
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.
San Vicente
In June 1909 San Vicente was recorded as owned by de la CerdaThe Mexican Herald, 19 June 1909.
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
Santa Clara y San Rafael
Grove 1899
Obverse: SANTA CLARA / Y / SAN RAFAEL
Reverse: 1/2 / CAJA
24mm. brass
Suspiro
Grove 1936
Obverse: SUSPIRO / 1-
Reverse:
32mm. brass
Triunfo
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
Tonintana Chico
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
L. y M. Vergel
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