Municipal tokens (coinage) from Jalisco
Ameca
Grove 46
Obverse: a church P.D. AMECA QUITILLA D 1814
uniface, 24 mm. bronze
Grove 47
Obverse: a church P.D. AMECA QUITILLA D 1824
uniface, 22 mm. bronze
Grove 48
Obverse: AMECA / F ⅛ Z
uniface, 22 mm. bronze
F Z is F. Zamora
Grove 49
Obverse: T. Z. AMECA 1833 / ⅛
uniface, 22 mm. bronze
T, Z is Teobaldo Zamora
Grove 50
Obverse: V F AMECA 1853 / ⅛
uniface, 21.5 mm. bronze
V. F. is Vicente Figara
Grove 51
Obverse: V F AMECA 1858 / ⅛
uniface, 21.5 mm. bronze
V. F. is Vicente Figara
Grove 52
Obverse: TLACO DE AMECA / QTG
uniface, 20 mm. bronze
Autlan
Grove 105
obverse: B. D, AUTLAN / COMPANIA / 1855
reverse: within a wreath and below a rosette ⅛
20 mm. bronze
B. D. is Bonifacio Díaz
Cotija de la Paz
Guadalajara
(Briggs & Bustos auction XIV, 21 October 2025, lot 162)
Municipal issue of simple design and good workmanship. Struck on a round flan, 20 mm in diameter; variety with divided legend: “GUADALA” at the top and “XARA” below, with a six-pointed star at the bottom.
Peres
Grove 696 Peres (Briggs & Bustos auction XIV, 21 October 2025, lot 163)
Numeral 4 at the top indicating the ¼ real denomination; three-digit date at the bottom.
Sayula
Obverse: SAYULA / Q / 1815
Reverse: blank
Teocaltiche
Teocaltiche 1806 (Stack’s-Bowers auction VIII, 26 April 2024, lot 183)
Obverse:
Reverse:
Teocaltiche, 1820 (Stack’s-Bowers auction VIII, 26 April 2024, lot 197)
Obverse: ALVA surname of the promoter on obverse over branches
Reverse: quarter value or "QUARTI-LLA"
Tequila
Tequila ¼r 1814 (Briggs & Bustos auction IX, 13 September 2024, lot 366)
The legend begins with the initials “PR”, although in the piece illustrated here it is barely possible to distinguish the letter “P”, some authors speculate the meaning as an abbreviation of “PROVISIONAL”, at the bottom is observed the date and over it a number 4 representing the value of ¼.
Zapotlán
Grove 1108 Zapotlán (Briggs & Bustos auction XIV, 21 October 2025, lot 165)
In the session of the council on 6 July 1813, it was agreed [text needed] that the Treasurer and Attorney General (Tesorero y Síndico Procurador) should authorized the minting of coins, which which were to be used exclusively for local commerce, with the express prohibition of use outside the townLibro de actas 1813.
So posters published that this was the only factory of tlacos in circulation and those that were currently circulating would cease, remaining without value and without effect.
José María Anguiano, the Treasurer and Attorney General, was the one who minted the coin. Taking advantage of this appointment, he illegally made use of two thousand pesos. The City Council could not prosecute him because he was too powerful, proof of this being that the following year he became the first authorityJuan S. Vizcaíno, The foundation of Zapotlán el Grande.
On 5 July 1817, by agreement of the city council, it was ordered that some cuartillas be minted and these did have value throughout the regionLibro de actas, 1817.