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1. Bakelite Cinco Centavo Tokens Issued by Hacienda El Progreso
- Description:
- Bakelite/vulcanite tokens are extremely rare in Ecuador, but were a global phenomenon in the latter half of the 19th century. Five tokens were recovered, all hard vulcanized rubber (commonly called ebonite or vulcanite), with two examples of orange 20 centavo tokens, and three black five centavo tokens. The latter are all marked “ANACARSIS MEDINA/ CHANDUY and were the main form of coinage circulating on the hacienda during Cobos’ tenure. We know little of Anacarsis Medina, but assume he may have been an old business contact of Cobos’.
- Subjects:
- Hacienda El Progreso; Manuel J. Cobos
- Subjects Facet:
- Galapagos Islands; San Cristóbal Island (Galapagos Islands); Money
- Creator:
- Dr. Peter W. Stahl
- Publisher:
- University of Victoria Libraries
- Contributors:
- Dr. Peter Stahl
- Date:
- 2014
- Date searchable:
- 2014
- Date searchable:
- 2014-11-6
- Genre:
- Digital image
- Genre Facet:
- Digital image
- Format:
- image
- Identifier:
- DSC0331
- Rights:
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
- Location(s):
- El Progreso (Galapagos Islands);Galapagos Islands;-0.9079084740482873, -89.55796369211261
- Location(s) Facet:
- El Progreso (Galapagos Islands);Galapagos Islands;-0.9079084740482873, -89.55796369211261
- Date Digitized:
- 2014
2. Bakelite Cinco Centavo Token Issued by Hacienda El Progreso
- Description:
- Bakelite/vulcanite tokens are extremely rare in Ecuador, but were a global phenomenon in the latter half of the 19th century. Five tokens were recovered, all hard vulcanized rubber (commonly called ebonite or vulcanite), with two examples of orange 20 centavo tokens, and three black five centavo tokens. The latter are all marked “ANACARSIS MEDINA/ CHANDUY and were the main form of coinage circulating on the hacienda during Cobos’ tenure. We know little of Anacarsis Medina, but assume he may have been an old business contact of Cobos’.
- Subjects:
- Hacienda El Progreso; Manuel J. Cobos
- Subjects Facet:
- Galapagos Islands; San Cristóbal Island (Galapagos Islands); Money
- Creator:
- Dr. Peter W. Stahl
- Publisher:
- University of Victoria Libraries
- Contributors:
- Dr. Peter Stahl
- Date:
- 2014
- Date searchable:
- 2014
- Date searchable:
- 2014-7-12
- Genre:
- Digital image
- Genre Facet:
- Digital image
- Format:
- image
- Rights:
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
- Location(s):
- El Progreso (Galapagos Islands);Galapagos Islands;-0.9079084740482873, -89.55796369211261
- Location(s) Facet:
- El Progreso (Galapagos Islands);Galapagos Islands;-0.9079084740482873, -89.55796369211261
- Date Digitized:
- 2019
3. Vulcanite (left) and lead (right) tokens Issued by Hacienda El Progreso
- Description:
- Tokens, specific to particular businesses for local circulation had become widespread by the mid-19th century. Excavated specimens included a crude lead token (right), marked “MC”, and struck only on one side that Bognoly and Espinosa claim had a five centavo value, as did the bakelite token (left).
- Subjects:
- Hacienda El Progreso; Manuel J. Cobos
- Subjects Facet:
- Galapagos Islands; San Cristóbal Island (Galapagos Islands); Money
- Creator:
- Dr. Peter W. Stahl
- Publisher:
- University of Victoria Libraries
- Contributors:
- Dr. Peter Stahl
- Date:
- 2019
- Date searchable:
- 2019
- Date searchable:
- 2019-6-28
- Genre:
- Digital image
- Genre Facet:
- Digital image
- Format:
- image
- Identifier:
- Fig.5.2
- Rights:
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
- Location(s):
- El Progreso (Galapagos Islands);Galapagos Islands;-0.9079084740482873, -89.55796369211261
- Location(s) Facet:
- El Progreso (Galapagos Islands);Galapagos Islands;-0.9079084740482873, -89.55796369211261
- Date Digitized:
- 2019
4. One Sucre Monetary Note Issued by Hacienda El Progreso in 1905
- Description:
- Hacienda El Progreso issued its own currency. Workers could be paid in local bills and coins or wages could be kept in ledgers. This example, published in Las Islas Encantada o el Archipielago de Colon (Bognoly and Epinoza 1905:100) is of a registered one sucre note signed by Manuel J. Cobos. The introduction of national coinage and tokens specific to particular businesses was one aspect of mid-19th century modernization.
- Subjects:
- Hacienda El Progreso; Manuel J. Cobos
- Subjects Facet:
- Galapagos Islands; San Cristóbal Island (Galapagos Islands); Money
- Creator:
- Dr. Peter W. Stahl
- Publisher:
- University of Victoria Libraries
- Contributors:
- Dr. Peter Stahl
- Date:
- 1905
- Date searchable:
- 1905
- Date searchable:
- 1905
- Genre:
- Photographic Print; Digital image
- Genre Facet:
- Photographic Print; Digital image
- Format:
- image
- Rights:
- Copyright Undetermined
- Location(s):
- El Progreso (Galapagos Islands);Galapagos Islands
- Location(s) Facet:
- El Progreso (Galapagos Islands);Galapagos Islands
- Date Digitized:
- 2019
- Commentary:
- Bognoly, J. and Espinosa J. (1905) Las Islas Encantada o el Archipielago de Colon. Comercio:Guayaqil, p.100
5. Monetary Note and Coins Issued by Hacienda El Progreso in 1905
- Description:
- Hacienda El Progreso issued its own currency. Workers could be paid in local bills and coins or wages could be kept in ledgers. The coins, published in Las Islas Encantada o el Archipielago de Colon (Bognoly and Epinoza 1905:101) were made of vulcanite on the mainland, in Chanduy, by Anacarsis Medina, an old business contact of Cobos.
- Subjects:
- Hacienda El Progreso; Manuel J. Cobos
- Subjects Facet:
- Galapagos Islands; San Cristóbal Island (Galapagos Islands); Money
- Creator:
- Dr. Peter W. Stahl
- Publisher:
- University of Victoria Libraries
- Contributors:
- Dr. Peter Stahl
- Date:
- 1905
- Date searchable:
- 1905
- Date searchable:
- 1905
- Genre:
- Photographic Print; Digital image
- Genre Facet:
- Photographic Print; Digital image
- Format:
- image
- Rights:
- Copyright Undetermined
- Location(s):
- El Progreso (Galapagos Islands);Galapagos Islands
- Location(s) Facet:
- El Progreso (Galapagos Islands);Galapagos Islands
- Date Digitized:
- 2019
- Commentary:
- Bognoly, J. and Espinosa J. (1905) Las Islas Encantada o el Archipielago de Colon. Comercio:Guayaqil, p.101