Colombia-Numismatics · Hacienda tokens
10 token, 1901
10 · Manzano Farming Co. · 1901
A private token of Manzano Farming Co., dated 1901, with the value 10 in the center. Sotaquirá and Paipa, Boyacá. The unit is not inscribed. These photographs show no letter countermark.
Catalog facts
- Reference
- No verified Henao, Restrepo, or KM number. Comparison: Montaña Rodríguez, no. 6 (Dec. 2015), p. 13, entry 47, a countermarked example.
- Year
- 1901
- Value
- 10. The bulletin publishes it as 10 centavos. The unit is not inscribed on this disc.
- Metal
- Brass in entry 47, for a countermarked example. Other listings say bronze. This disc’s alloy is unverified.
- Place
- Sotaquirá and Paipa, Boyacá. The lower legend reads SOTAQUIRA Y PAIPA, with no accent.
- Countermark
- These photographs show no letter countermark that can be read.
- Condition
- Unslabbed, and no numerical grade. Mottled brown surface, with lighter patches, scratches, and rough areas. The reverse, in the pair photograph, is softer.
Obverse and reverse
The piece
Manzano Farming Co. is a firm of Sotaquirá and Paipa. Fernando Barriga del Diestro names it among the private tokens of the War of a Thousand Days (1899–1902), when small change ran short. This piece carries the date 1901 and the value 10. The unit is not inscribed. The index of Alexander Montaña Rodríguez, Medallas, fichas y monedas de Colombia, no. 6 (December 2015), lists “Hacienda Manzano Farming Co. 10 Centavos 1901, Resello BJ.” Entry 47, on page 13, gives 24.3 mm, 4.7 g, and brass for a countermarked example. Those figures and that countermark describe the comparison. They do not describe this disc, and the metal here is unverified. Other listings say bronze. The obverse carries MANZANO FARMING CO., 10, COLOMBIA, 1901, stars, and a toothed border. In the pair photograph the reverse reads PAPAYO, Y, and SATIVA, and around it MANZANO, CARREÑO, SOCONSUCA, and SOTAQUIRA Y PAIPA. That side is softer; the lettering was not reconstructed. The Numismatic Scrapbook Magazine of 24 December 1970 prints Satira, not Sativa. This record does not identify the word with Sátiva Norte or Sátiva Sur. Carreño and Soconsuca appear among Sotaquirá’s veredas in the 2020–2023 municipal plan; Papayo is not on that list. The die says SOCONSUCA, in the singular. The Absoluti collection publishes another token, valued 25, bronze, 28.5 mm, with counterstamp JB: that is a different disc. There is no mint, engraver, mintage, or census. The Banco de la República’s coin tables open in 1987 and do not cover this private token. There is no serial and no certificate. This specimen’s weight, diameter, and edge were not measured. The piece alone does not show how it was redeemed or how wages were paid.
Scarcity
No mintage is verified, and this record can cite no census. A missing figure does not establish extreme rarity. A countermarked example is recorded with its letters, placement, and orientation. Entry 47 carries counterstamp BJ. This disc shows no readable countermark.
Sources
- Alexander Montaña Rodríguez — Medallas, fichas y monedas de Colombia, no. 6 (December 2015) (opens in a new tab)
The public index lists “Hacienda Manzano Farming Co. 10 Centavos 1901, Resello BJ.” Entry 47, page 13, is cited for the countermarked example: 24.3 mm, 4.7 g, brass. That is not a measurement of this disc, and this record does not republish the plate.
- Fernando Barriga del Diestro — Private tokens in the War of a Thousand Days (Credencial Historia no. 128, August 2000) (opens in a new tab)
It names Manzano Farming Co., of Sotaquirá and Paipa, among the coin-shaped tokens. It does not describe this die.
- Absoluti collection (CFMR) — Colombian tokens, Manzano Farming Co., 25, 1901 (opens in a new tab)
A different piece: value 25, bronze, 28.5 mm, counterstamp JB. It is not this disc, and this record does not republish the photograph.
- Newman Numismatic Portal — The Numismatic Scrapbook Magazine, 24 December 1970, p. 38 (opens in a new tab)
It lists “Manzano Farming Co Papayo y Satira 1901.” Satira is not the SATIVA reading of this reverse.
- Banco de la República — production and circulation of notes and coins (opens in a new tab)
The coin tables open in 1987. They do not give a mintage for this private token of 1901.
- Municipality of Sotaquirá — Municipal Development Plan 2020–2023 (opens in a new tab)
It lists Carreño, Soconsuca de Blancos, and Soconsuca de Indios. There is no vereda named Papayo. It is not a 1901 ledger of the firm.