Other tokens from Sonora

Horcasitas

Maquinaria de Los Angeles - M. Yñigo

This, the only textile plant that existed in the state of Sonora, was founded in 1834 by Manuel Yñigo, Fernando Cubillas and Joaquin Lasteauneau, but by 1855 when the tokens were issued, Ynigo, whose facsimile signature appears on them, had obtained control. The location of the plant was at (San Miguel de) Horcasitas. The plant was dismantled in 1948 and moved to Guadalajara, Jalisco

These tokens were struck in 1855 by the Scovill Manufacturing Company of Waterbury, Connecticut.

1717 obverse 1717 reverse

Grove 1717
Obverse: MAQUINARIA DE LOS ANGELES / ¼ and a script signature M. Yñigo
Reverse: Mexican Eagle and REPUBLICA MEXICANA / SONORA
19mm bronze and white metal

1718 obverse 1718 reverse

Grove 1718
Obverse: MAQUINARIA / DE LOS ANGELES / 1 R and a script signature M. Yñigo
Reverse: Mexican Eagle and REPUBLICA MEXICANA / SONORA
24mm bronze

Agustín Monteverde

Grove 1758
Obverse: BUENO POR UN / DIA DE / TRABAJO / AGUSTIN MONTEVERDE / SONORA. MEX.
Reverse: MARTES
29mm brass
Made by L. A. Rubber Stamp Co.

Guaymas

Mercería de la Paz

Merceria de la Paz Merceria de la Paz reverse

Obverse: MERCERIA DE LA PAZ / SELDNER / Y VON / BORSTEL / GUAYMAS
Reverse: V. A. ALMADA / MAGDA / JUAN MARCO / HERMOS ^O / AD MARCOR / ALAMOS

Raymundo Murga

Murga obverse Murga reverse

Grove 1763
Obverse: RAYMUNDO MURGA / M / GUAYMAS / SON. MEX.
Reverse: BUENO POR UNA COPA
25mm brass

Transportes Urbanos de Guaymas

Obverse:
Reverse; BUENO / POR / UN PASAJE
24mm aluminum

Hermosillo

Cervecería de Sonora

Cerveceria de Sonora

In 1896, three Germans from Bavaria, Geo Grüning, Alberto Hoeffer and Jacobo Schusley, had the idea of founding a brewery in Hermosillo. The first to arrive was Geo Grüning in 1893 and he immediately became involved in the high political and commercial spheres. He married Lolita Monteverde daughter of the presidente municipal, Francisco Monteverde. In 1895 Doctor Alberto Hoeffer, Geo Grüning, Luis E. Torres and Ramón Corral met in the Casino Alemán and deided to investin a brewery and Grüning went to San Francisco, California, to find an architect and mechanical engineer. On 22 September 1897, the notary public Miguel A. López, attested to the foundation of the Cervecería de Sonora, S. A. In 1898 ,Grüning, Hoeffer and Schusley presented themselves to the municipal treasurer, Francisco Monteverde, to process the necessary permits and begin the construction of the building, which was completed in 1904. Grürinig was a director of the brewery from its foundation until approximately 1911, when he handed it over to Hoeffer, whose family would continue to run the brewery years after his death.

The brewery was one of the main industries in the state during the first decades of the twentieth century. However, it ceased to operate when Governor Plutarco Elías Calles, on 8 August 1918. published his decree núm. 1 prohibiting the importation, sale and manufacture of intoxicating drinks, but by 1922 the activities resumed, a fact that began a golden age that lasted until the mid-thirties, closing again in 1935.

1245 Cerveceria de Sonora 1245 Cerveceria de Sonora reverse

Grove 1245
Obverse: CERVECERIA / DE / SONORA / S.A.
Reverse: UN VASO / DE / CERVEZA
20mm.

Cerveceria de Sonora Cerveceria de Sonora reverse

An Anillo restrike

Felipe Salido

Felipe Salido was an architect and a teacher. He built the City Hall of Alamos, Sonora, and the Federal Palace of Hermosillo. Salido was a principal in the schools in Alamos and Hermosillo; was an officer in the Federal Army; graduated from the Military Academy at Chapultepec in 1884.

Grove 1863
Obverse: FELIPE SALIDO / HERMOSILLO / 25
Reverse: same as obverse
30mm brass
Made by Moises, San Francisco

Grove 1864
Obverse: FELIPE SALIDO / HERMOSILLO / 50
Reverse: same as obverse
35mm brass
Made by Moises, San Francisco

Volatin de Hermosillo

Grove 2008
Obverse: VOLATIN / DE / HERMOSILLO / SONORA. MEX.
Reverse: BUENO POR / UN / BOLADO / R. J. CASTRO
30mm bronce
Made by L. H. Moise, San Francisco