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, ConnecticutThe company was founded in 1802 in Waterbury, Connecticut as Abel Porter and Company, as a button and sewing hardware factory. It was an early industrial American innovator, adapting armory manufacturing processes to mass-produce a variety of consumer goods including buttons, medals, coins, and tokens for public transit systems, businesses, and advertising.
With the introduction and spread of daguerreotypy in the United States, the company, now called Scovills and Co., began to manufacture the silver-plated copper sheets used in the process around 1842. They quickly became a key producer of daguerrotype plates and other photographic items.
In 1850 the company was incorporated as the Scovill Manufacturing Company to reflect its expansion into other product lines. The company enjoyed prosperity and tremendous growth through the years. In 1850 they employed 190 people and by 1890, 1,200.
After 1866, the company furnished the United States Mint with the blanks for a number of U.S. coins in various metals - copper, nickel and bronze. Scovill furnished the full set of 23,757 medals for the Columbia Exposition in 1893..
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
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
Obverse: MERCERIA DE LA PAZ / SELDNER / Y VON / BORSTEL / GUAYMAS
Reverse: V. A. ALMADA / MAGDA / JUAN MARCO / HERMOS O / AD MARCOR / ALAMOS
24mm. brass
Raymundo Murga
Grove 1763
Obverse: RAYMUNDO MURGA / M / GUAYMAS / SON. MEX.
Reverse: BUENO POR UNA COPA
25mm brass
La Bicicleta
La Bicicleta 1 tarea
1 tarea (task)
obverse: LA BICICLETA / FABRICA / DE / CIGARROS / GUAYMAS
reverse: VALE UNA TAREA / 1 / A. D. ZUNIGA
25 mm brass or aluminium
La Bicicleta was a cigarette factory, owned by A. D. Zuñiga.
J. Müller & Co.
J. Müller & Co. 1c
1c
obverse: J. MÜLLER & Co. / 1¢ / MEXICAN TOKEN
reverse:
23 mm brass
J. Müller & Co. 5c
5c
obverse: J. MÜLLER & Co. / 5¢ / MEXICAN TOKEN
reverse:
27 mm brass
Julio Müller & Cía. were importers and stockists, located at Avenida 8, Guaymas.
José M. Rubio
José M. Rubio 1 bolado
1 bolado
obverse: JOSE M. RUBIO / GUAYMAS / SONORA MEXICO
reverse: VOLANTIN / SONORA / VALE POR / UN BOLADO
24mm cupronickel
Transportes Urbanos de Guaymas
Obverse: TRANSPORTES URBANAS / DE GUAYMAS / RUTAS / LOCALES
Reverse; BUENO / POR UN / PASAJE
24mm aluminum
Hermosillo
Cervecería 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.
Grove 1245
Obverse: CERVECERIA / DE / SONORA / S.A.
Reverse: UN VASO / DE / CERVEZA
20mm.
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
Volantin de Hermosillo
Grove 2008
Obverse: VOLANTIN / DE / HERMOSILLO / SONORA. MEX.
Reverse: BUENO POR / UN / BOLADO / R. J. CASTRO
30mm bronce
Made by L. H. Moise, San Francisco
Tonichi
Gabriel Tona
A token issued by Gabriel Tona, for the store at Tonichi, county of Ures.
Grove 1966
Obverse: G. TONA
Reverse: 25
23mm aluminum
Nogales
Transportes de Nogales
Grove 1978
Obverse: COOPERATIVA DE TRANSPORTES / DE / NOGALES
Reverse; BUENO POR UN PASAJE / N / NOGALES / SONORA
23mm aluminum
Naco
F. J. Keogh
Obverse: F. J. KEOGH / NACO, SONORA, MEXICO
Reverse: GOOD FOR 5¢ / IN TRADE.
Cananea
Louis Hioki
Louis Hioki 25c
25c
obverse: LOUIS HIOKI / CANANEA SON. MEX.
reverse: GOOD FOR / 25¢ / IN TRADE
28mm aluminium
Bibiano Arevalo
obverse:
reverse:
21 mm brass
Bibiano Arevalo was a storekeeper (comerciante) in Cananea. In 1908 he was the owner of the 19 hectares Leonor gold, silver and copper mine in Cananea (footnote}Diario Oficial, Tomo XCIV, Núm. 41, 17 February 1908: La Constitución, Tomo XXXVI, Núm. 25, 13 March 1908.
La Colorada
Quiróz Hermanos
obverse: CERVECERIA DE SONORA / AGENTE / QUIROZ HERMANOS / LA COLARADA / SON. MEX.
reverse: hand holding beer stein
25 mm aluminium
Quiróz Hermanos were agents for the Cervecería de Sonora.