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Gold tokens from Mexico. Many of these may have been produced as "Wedding tokens".

26 varieties listed

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Mexico
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Azetec dress Indian #1 with Aztec calendar on reverse. Seller says this is Cuauhtemoc
Marked 22K gold & signed AB. Heavy and thin, validating the 22K claim. Contains about $4 worth of gold.

Azetec dress Indian #2 with Aztec calendar on reverse. Similar to the token above, but much cruder, and no gold content claim. Reeded edge.

Azetec dress Indian #3 with Aztec calendar on reverse. Pretty semi-PL finish, apparently solid 18k gold.

Undated Maximillian #1 token, Mexican style eagle with spanish language legend, for a marriage token. (Ebay picture)

Marriage token #1, with Mary on the obverse, locked wedding ring reverse with crosses above and "REGUERDO MARTRIMONIAL" above. This is better classified as a medal. This piece is heavy enough that it likely contains a small amount of gold (8K or so).

Marriage token #2. ??? with Indepenoencia Y Libertad on the obverse, eagle with Recuerdo Matrimonial on the reverse. Very high relief, with a curious bit of "pinch damaage" apparent on both sides. Looks like low grade gold, but does not appear to be dense enough to be anything but brass.

Marriage token #3. ??? with Indepenoencia Y Libertad on the obverse, eagle with Republica Mexicana on the reverse. Very high relief, same obverse as token #2? Looks like low grade gold, but does not appear to be dense enough to be anything but brass. Seam on edge.

1823 Augustinus #1. Mexican style eagle with spanish language legend
Similar in style to the Maximillian pieces, but with Agustinus and earlier date.

1823 Augustinus #2, same overall design as #1, but both dies slightly different.

1865 Maximilian #1. Mexican style eagle with spanish language legend
These are listed in "Krause's World Coins" under Mexico-Empire of Maximilian, "GOLD PESO FANTASIES"
World Coins notes the existance of 5 varieties

Further description of these tokens can be found in Neil Utberg's book on Mexican coins. Apparently they were made after 1949.

1865 Maximilian #2. Mexican style eagle with spanish language legend, 1/4 sized.
Squared reeding, missing from 1/2 the perimeter
These are listed in "Krause's World Coins" under Mexico-Empire of Maximilian, "GOLD PESO FANTASIES"
World Coins notes the existance of 5 varieties. Reeded edge. Apparently at least 14k solid gold.

1865 Maximilian #3. Mexican style eagle with spanish language legend
Squared reeding, uniform and fully brought up
These are listed in "Krause's World Coins" under Mexico-Empire of Maximilian, "GOLD PESO FANTASIES"
World Coins notes the existance of 5 varieties. Reeded edge. Too dense to be silver, but looks like silver.

1865 Maximilian #4. Mexican style eagle with spanish language legend
Crude squared reeding, highly incomplete
These are listed in "Krause's World Coins" under Mexico-Empire of Maximilian, "GOLD PESO FANTASIES"
World Coins notes the existance of 5 varieties
The pictured piece may take a prize for most errors on a single die pairing:
Obverse die is doubled (small rotation)
Reverse die is tripled (wild shift to left, rendering date nearly illegible)
Dies rotated 90 degrees

1865 Maximilian #5. Mexican style eagle with spanish language legend
These are listed in "Krause's World Coins" under Mexico-Empire of Maximilian, "GOLD PESO FANTASIES"
World Coins notes the existance of 5 varieties

1865 Maximilian #6. Mexican style eagle with spanish language legend, small "B" under wreath.
Very widely space reeding on edge
These are listed in "Krause's World Coins" under Mexico-Empire of Maximilian, "GOLD PESO FANTASIES"
World Coins notes the existance of 5 varieties, it seems that there are more than that.
This one seems to be made of better metal than the others illustrated here.

1865 Maximilian #7. Mexican style eagle with spanish language legend, R (registered design?) to right of date.
Fine reeding on edge
These are listed in "Krause's World Coins" under Mexico-Empire of Maximilian, "GOLD PESO FANTASIES"
World Coins notes the existance of 5 varieties, it seems that there are more than that.
Incompletely clipped planchet accounts for the long arc seen on both sides. The reeding is incomplete and looks a bit like a railroad rim type strike.

1865 Maximilian #8. Mexican style eagle with spanish language legend, Dot on wreath where bow should be with B below.
Coarse, deep reeding on edge

1865 Maximilian #9. Mexican style eagle with spanish language legend, "1" on either side of eagle (Ebay picture)

1865 Maximilian #10. Mexican style eagle with spanish language legend, small eagle and crown (Ebay picture)

1865 Maximilian #11. Mexican style eagle with spanish language legend, eagle with necklace and crown

1865 Maximilian #12. Mexican style eagle with spanish language legend, eagle with crown. Puffy beard on Maximillian extends past M. (Ebay picture)

1865 Maximilian #13. Mexican style eagle with spanish language legend, eagle with crown. This one appears to be silver. Same obverse as #3?, reverse similar but crown larger and with a different design. The color and contrast on this scan were substantially turned up to make the details plain, the token is uniformly silver in color.

1865 Maximilian #14. Mexican style eagle with spanish language legend, eagle with crown. Style very different from the others in this series (ebay picture).

1866 Maximilian #1. Mexican Coat of Arms with Maximillian and Carlota on the obverse, dated 1866-1867.

1866 Maximilian #2. Mexican Coat of Arms with Maximillian on the obverse, dated 1866-1867. This token is sterling silver and was given by the minter, Ricardo Martinez to the dealer from who I bought it. Struck with 1/4 size dies, but 1/2 size diameter.

1952Marriage token #1, with Mexican eagle on the obverse and "REGUERDO MARTRIMONIAL" above. Wedding cerimony depicted on the reverse. This is better classified as a medal. $2 size, although this brass piece may be more like a centavo. 1952 date on reverse is hard to spot.