Private issues
Yautepec
San Antonio Sebastopol
Cuautla
El Lazo Mercantil
A 10c and 20c note.
Casa Argote
The “Casa Argote” produced coffee and chocolate of, according to this note, high quality. This is described as a gift ticket (boleto de obsequio) and states that every fifty tickets collected the holder would receive a nice gift (por cada $10.00 que junta Ud. de boletos se le hará un bonito obsequio). However, it might have been used as a substitute for cash.
San José Vista Hermosa
Hacienda de San José Vista Hermosa
Four values (5c, 10c, 50c and $1) printed by the Mexico City firm of Eduardo I. Aguilar. They are dated 10 March 1914 and carry the printed signatures of Manuel [ ] de la [ ] as Administrator and Feder[ ] as Cajero. The legend on the reverse states that they were exchangeable for cash in multiples of ten pesos. It also refers to “the hacienda whose name appears on the front” which suggests that Aguilar produced similar notes for other haciendas.
The Hacienda de San José Vista Hermosa dates all the way back to the conquistador Hernán Cortés. In 1820 it was bought by Manuel Vicente Vidal, whose family owned it until 1910, when they were driven out by General Emiliano Zapata. By the end of the revolution it was in ruins, but was bought and restored in 1945 as a hotel.
Tenango
Hacienda de Tenango
date on note | from | to | total number |
total value |
signed by | ||
$1 | 24 January 1914 | José Jaimes | includes numbers 64CNBanxico #5418 to 169CNBanxico #11672 | ||||
15 March 1914 | Alfredo López | includes numbers 424CNBanxico #5420 to 492CNBanxico #5419 | |||||
21 March 1914 | J. Rosales | includes number 292CNBanxico #11674 |