Puerto Rico · Hacienda token
1 almud token
1 almud · Hacienda Vega Redonda
A one-almud token of Hacienda Vega Redonda, in Bucarabones, Las Marías. Brass, undated, and with no serial. The 1 on the die is a hooked numeral. Numista catalogues it as ND (1890), Rulau Lsm 16. This photograph is a single face.
Catalog facts
- Reference
- Rulau Lsm 16 · Numista N#570378
- Year
- No date on the piece. Numista lists it as ND (1890).
- Value
- 1 almud
- Metal
- Brass, per Numista for the type. Not an assay of this disc.
- Weight
- Not weighed. Numista does not publish a weight for this type.
- Diameter
- Not measured. Numista type: 27 mm.
- Edge
- Not photographed. The Numista page for this value does not state the edge.
- Place
- Barrio Bucarabones, Las Marías, Puerto Rico
- Alignment
- Not checked. Numista gives 9 o’clock (↑←) for the type, unlike the medal alignment of the quarter and the half.
- Condition
- Unslabbed, and no numerical grade. Golden brass, firm legends, stars and beaded circle complete. The 1 is a hooked numeral and stippled in the body. Light marks in the fields. No countermark shows.
Photographed face
The piece
A plantation token of Hacienda Vega Redonda. The value is in almudes, a volume measure of coffee in the cherry, not in pesos. Numista N#570378 gives the type as brass, 27 mm, with no published weight, 9 o’clock orientation, and cites Rulau Lsm 16. It writes the place as Las Marías and, in error, Bucaramanga: the barrio is Bucarabones. The comment gives the farm to Francisco Baco, the striking to Germany with no document, and an ampersand countermark on some examples. This photograph shows no such countermark. The hooked 1 is on the disc; it does not name the workshop. Numista describes both faces with the same legend. Only one is here. It is not a coin of the 1895 provincial peso.
Legend
HACIENDA above, VEGA·REDONDA below, a hooked 1 in the center and ALMUD beneath. A star on each side, a beaded circle, and a denticled border.
Scarcity
This record can cite no mintage. A missing figure does not establish rarity. The ampersand countermark Numista mentions on other examples is not in this photograph. The two-almud token of the series is not this disc.
Sources
- Numista N#570378 — Hacienda Vega Redonda token (opens in a new tab)
Type: brass, 27 mm, ND (1890), Rulau Lsm 16, 9 o’clock. No weight. The comment says Germany, Francisco Baco, and an ampersand countermark on some examples. It writes Bucaramanga in error.
- Haciendas de Puerto Rico — Hacienda Vega Redonda (opens in a new tab)
Gives the place: Bo. Bucarabones, Las Marías. It does not name the owner or date the tokens.
- Biografía de las Riquezas de Puerto Rico — Coins (opens in a new tab)
It cites Revista NumiExpo, 1983, pp. 10–11, for a striking on Carrer de la Canuda 37 in Barcelona, and uses the name Francisco Bacó. It is not a mint archive.
Related pieces
Another token of Hacienda Vega Redonda.
