Hacienda tokens from Morelos (later)

Hacienda San Gabriel

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 R^L
29 mm. bronze

Grove 1568
Obverse: VALE POR EFECTOS DE LA TIENDA DE LA HACIENDA / DE SAN / GABRIEL
Reverse: MOSSO HERMANOS / 2 R^s
32 mm. bronze

Grove 1569
Obverse: HACIENDA DE SAN GABRIEL / VALE POR / 1 REAL/ DE / CARNE
Reverse: MOSSO HERMANOS / 1 R^L
29 mm. bronze

Tienda de Cuahuistla

Grove 1948
Obverse: LA TENDA DE LA HAC. / ½ / CUAHUISTLA / Ve Pr EFeTs DE
Reverse: FMC in monogram
39 x 29mm. bronze