Tala
Hacienda del Refugio
Leopoldo G. Oredain
At the end of the 19th century the hacienda de Cuisillos passed from Simón del Llano to one of his daughters, Josefa, and, on marriage, became the property of the Gortázar del Llano family, who split it into two, Cuisillos and San Juan de los Arcos.
Hacienda de San Juan de los Arcos
This hacienda was owned by Manuel Górtazar y Llano. It was the first to produce cartones during the Revolution. In the beginning these were for measures of maize, but later were for units of currency.
The first issue was modelo 4502, produced in November 1913.
total number |
total value |
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½ almud | 250 | square cartón: an almud is a measure of maize |
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1 almud | 250 | ||
2 almudes | 500 | ||
3 almudes | 500 | ||
4 almudes | 500 | ||
5 almudes | 1,000 | ||
6 almudes | 1,000 | ||
7 almudes | 1,000 | ||
8 almudes | 500 | ||
9 almudes | 250 | ||
10 almudes | 500 | ||
12 almudes | 250 | ||
6,500 |
Modelo 4716 was produced in March 1914.
total number |
total value |
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1c | 500 | $ 5.00 | round brown cartón |
2c | 500 | 10.00 | |
5c | 1,000 | 50.00 | |
10c | 500 | 50.00 | |
20c | 500 | 100.00 | |
50c | 500 | 250.00 | |
3,500 | $465.00 |
Finally modelo 5248, produced on 19 May 1915.
total number |
total value |
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1c | 2,000 | $ 20.00 | round red cartón |
5c | 400 | 20.00 | |
10c | 200 | 20.00 | |
20c | 200 | 40.00 | |
50c | 100 | 50.00 | |
100c | 100 | 100.00 | |
3,000 | $250.00 |
Hacienda de Cuisillos
At the end of the 19th century the hacienda de Cuisillos passed from Simón del Llano to one of his daughters, Josefa, and, on marriage, became the property of the Gortázar del Llano family, who split it into two, Cuisillos and San Juan de los Arcos.
These cartones were modelo 4636, produced on 31 January 1914.
Value | Number issued |
Total | Comment |
1c | 200 | $ 20.00 | square café cartón |
5c | 1,300 | 65.00 | |
10c | 1,000 | 100.00 | |
20c | 1,000 | 200.00 | |
50c | 1,000 | 500.00 | |
$1 | 500 | 500.00 | |
5,000 | $1,385.00 |
Hacienda de Huastla
This was owned by Lic. Odilón J. Orendáin.
These were modelo 5249, produced on 21 May 1915.
Number issued |
Total | ||
1c | 750 | $ 7.50 | round manilla cartón |
5c | 750 | 37.50 | |
10c | 750 | 75.00 | |
20c | 750 | 150.00 | |
50c | 500 | 250.00 | |
100c | 500 | 500.00 | |
4,000 | $1,120.00 |