Mining tokens from Querétaro

Negociación del Doctor

The mining town of San Antonio El Doctor is located 47 kilometres north of Cadereyta de Montes. Rich silver deposits were discovered by Spanish Conquistadors around the year 1557 and in 1728 the San Juan Nepomuceno mine entered into production. From that date till the War of Independence in 1810, El Doctor became one of the principal producers of silver in the country. 

This mining company issued a series of tokens to be used in the tienda de raya.

Grove 1770
Obverse: NEGOCIACION DEL DOCTOR / 1894
Reverse: VALE POR / 5^cs / TIENDA
20 mm. brass

Grove 1771
Obverse: NEGOCIACION DEL DOCTOR / 1894
Reverse: VALE POR / 10^cs / TIENDA
21 mm. brass

Grove 1772
Obverse: NEGOCIACION DEL DOCTOR / 1894
Reverse: VALE POR / 20^cs / TIENDA
30 mm. brass

Grove 1773
Obverse: NEGOCIACION DEL DOCTOR / 1894, counterstamped S A
Reverse: VALE POR / 20^cs / TIENDA
30 mm. brass

Grove 1774
Obverse: NEGOCIACION DEL DOCTOR / 1894
Reverse: VALE POR / 50^cs / TIENDA
35 mm. brass