Other tokens from Mexico City
Abarrotes La Frontera
Obverse: ABARROTES/ LA FRONTERA / MEXICO, D. F.
Reverse: ROBERTO CORONA / 20 / VEINTE / PREMIO
Grove 1117
Obverse: ABARROTES/ LA FRONTERA / MEXICO, D. F.
Reverse: ROBERTO CORONA / 50 / CINCUENTA / PREMIO
25 mm. brass
Cervecería Nacional
Grove 1244
Obverse: CERVECERIA / MEXICO / D. F. / NACIONAL S. A.
Reverse: CERVECERIA / MEXICO / D. F. / NACIONAL S. A.
21 mm. bronze and brass
Cine Royal
Grove 1264
obverse: CINE / ROYAL / 7A MERIDA
reverse: 50 / ¢
26 mm. bronze
The Cine Royal was located on the corner of calles Mérida and Guanajuato in the colonia Roma, Mexico City. It was opened on 2 December 1908.
Flugger and Manchester
Grove 1426
obverse: FLUGGER / AND / MANCHESTER / MEXICO
reverse: monogram F&M
20mm. nickel
Manchester y Carriles
Grove 1427
Grove 1427
obverse: MANCHESTER / Y / CARRILES / MEXICO
reverse: monogram MyC
18mm. nickel
Grove 1428
Grove 1428
obverse: MANCHESTER / Y / CARRILES / MEXICO
reverse: monogram MYC (with loop around C)
20mm. nickel
Grove 1429
obverse: MANCHESTER / Y / CARRILES / MEXICO
reverse: monogram MYC (no loop around C)
20mm. nickel
Santiago C. Lohse
Santiago (James) C. Lohse was born in New York on 27 January 1827. He lived in Blossburg, Pennsylvania, working alongside his father in an industrial business, and settled in Mexico City at the end of 1853, dedicating himself to commerce and acquiring the reputation of a righteous merchant and an honest man. His business was importing and selling all types of industrial equipment.
Lohse had been made a Mason in Pennsylvania and once in Mexico was the founder and the first Grand Master of the Grand Lodge Valle de México. During Maximilian’s reign Lohse was called to the National Palace to speak with Maximilian, who interrogated him to find out to what extent he could count on Masonic influences in support of his Empire. Lohse, an intransigent republican, manifested his true liberal principles by telling some very clear truths to Maximilian, who apparently was not displeased by Lohse's frankness and expressed his interest in Mexican Freemasonry in order to support it as much as possible. The Emperor, sought to attract Lohse to his cause, going so far as to make him a Knight of the Order of Guadalupe, frequently inviting him to the ceremonies and festivities of the Imperial Court.
Lohse died on 3 August 1918.
Grove B158b
obverse: bust inside SANTIAGO C. LOHSE / COMISIONISTA, engraver PEÑA in small letters below bust
reverse: image of a La Econonica steam engine inside CALLE DE D. JUAN MANUEL NO. 4. MEXICO
30 mm brass
Grove B158b (Briggs & Bustos auction VIII, 26 April 2024)
Grove B158b
obverse: bust inside SANTIAGO C. LOHSE / COMISIONISTA, engraver PEÑA in small letters below bust
reverse: image of an upright steam engine inside CALLE DE D. JUAN MANUEL NO. 4. MEXICO
30 mm brass