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COLOMBIA, Mompox, copper 1 mitad token, 1844, José M. Ruiz, rare, NGC AU details / tooled.

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COLOMBIA, Mompox, copper 1 mitad token, 1844, José M. Ruiz, rare, NGC AU details / tooled.
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COLOMBIA, Mompox, copper 1 mitad token, 1844, José M. Ruiz, rare, NGC AU details / tooled. Henao-COM324-1; Rulau-Bol25. 29 mm. Dark brown with choice details (sunface on obverse, reverse with VALE MITAD / JOSE M. RUIZ / MOMPOS / 1844), several heavy arc-shaped scratches. The city of Mompox is also known as Mompós, as it is spelled on this token. According to Rulau, this token was "struck in the United States to the order of Colombian merchants by a single American die-sinker who utilized old Hard Times tokens as one source of planchets." According to Henao, Ruiz was registered in 1869 as owning an aguardiente distillery and his choice of a radiant sun may have indicated his membership in the Masonic lodge Union Momposina.
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