Commercial concerns (central Michoacán)
Huetamo
In March 1914 because of the lack of small change local businesses resorted to a series of typewritten notes, on paper of different colours, for 5c, 25c, 50c and $1, with the stamp of three of the principal casas comerciales. These were reissued every fortnightEl Diario, 6 March 1914.
Pátzcuaro
La Bahia de Veracruz
This grocery, run by Alfredo Martínez P., issued notes in May 1915.
La Casa Buitron
reverse of 50c note
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| 2c | A | 30 May 1915 | |||||
| 5c | B | ||||||
| 10c | C | ||||||
| 20c | D | 30 May 1915 | |||||
| 50c | E | 19 May 1915 |
La Casa Buitron appears to have been a hardware store (ferretería) in the calle Zaragoza, run at some time by a señor Leal.
José Buitron had a printshop, tipografia J. Buitron, situated in the plaza principal, that as well as these notes (judging from their multicoloured appearance) also printed the notes for the Hacienda de Tepenahua y Anexas.
Huiramba
La Confianza
Cayetano Gutiérrez ran "La Confianza".
Taximaroa/Villa Hidalgo
Taximaroa (then Villa Hidalgo and now Ciudad Hidalgo)
Victor Barajas
In 1903 Victor Barajas is listed in charge of a wholesale grocery store (almacén de abarrotes nacionales y extranjeros). He served as a regidor in 1905.
The 1c note numbered 7427 is dated 20 December 1914.
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| 1c | includes numbers 1075CNBanxico #11584 to 7427 |
Lamberto Barajas
The 20c note numbered 1061 is dated 3 February 1915.
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| 20c | includes numbers 1061 to 1747CNBanxico #11585 |
E. Alanis Sucesores & Cía.
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| 10c | includes numbers 1966CNBanxico #11586 to 6297 |
Máximo Martínez
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| 2c | number horizontal includes numbers 3051 to 5164CNBanxico #11587 |
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| number vertical includes number 4074 |
Tancítaro
Eligio Daza
Enrique Chávez Barragán
Parácuaro
"El Cambio Mercantil"
Fortino V. Ramirez owned a store that used to be named “La Victoria”.
"La Guadalupe" Molino de Arroz
Francisco Farías Barriga, a wealthy man from Uruapan, had several diverse businesses. He owned a clothing store in downtown Uruapan called “El Puerto de Veracruz”. He was also one of the first men to produce coffee in the region, owning about 20,000 trees between Uruapan and Jicalán. He was one of the biggest rice producers with many haciendas such as La Guadalupe, Los Conejos, Cancita, Los Bancos and Tzindio.
Farias’ first rice mill “La Guadalupe” started operations in Parácuaro in 1898. It was operated by his corporation “Casa Farias”based in the Portal Carrillo, Uruapan, whose administrator was Jesús Ceja Torres, Jesús (2022) “Acercamiento al itinerario Armado de Cenobio Moreno Bucio: 1913” Tesis de Licenciatura UMSNH, Morelia..
This rice mill produced a 50c note in 1916.
This note was dated 24 June 1916 and was redeemable in infalsificable from July to September, either in Parácuaro or in Uruapan, and as such is on a par with similar issues from Uruapan, Fernández y Cía., Hurtado y Cía. and La Camelia. it was signed by Jesús Ceja on behalf of the casa Francisco Faríasinformation from Ricardo Vargas, “Paracuaro, a small town in Michoacán with a rich numismatic history”, in USMexNA journal, June 2024.
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Tacámbaro
Unknown origin
Leopoldo Guido
