TNTGross
Elite Member
My Wife and I just got back from our vacation to Presa De Los Serna Mexico. My Mother and Father in law have a couple of houses there. One at the top of the mountain and the other at the bottom. The house at the top of the mountain is the "Party House" where we spent most of our time when we were not out being tourists.
My wife and I were out tooling around the town on a four-wheeler and just happened to run into my mother inlaws father. He invited us into his house to visit for a bit. Beautiful place... Anyhow, he knew that I did a bit of metal detecting and coin collecting, so he wanted to show me his coin and bill collection. He busted out a couple of books of coins and bills so that I could flip through them.
One book had these old Mexico Exchange Trade tokens in it and I was drooling all over them. I had no idea what they were but he could see that I was very interested in them. He and his wife spoke no English and we spoke no Spanish, so they brought in their son to translate. He told me that his father finds them at flea markets and bazaar markets. When he sees one, he buys it.
He didn't have much information on them, he just liked them and collected them along with old Mexican bills and coins. We then went over the rest of his small collection. It was nice but I was most impressed with the tokens.
After some pleasantries and minor chit-chat, we said our goodbyes, hopped back on the four-wheeler and went our merry way.
Three days later, our vacation was coming to an end. We were packing our bags and getting ready for our flight. My Mother-in-law (Mika) came up to me, held out her hand to give me something, and handed me these four tokens from her father's collection. I tried to refuse them but she would not have it. I accepted them with a bit of regret... Her father wanted me to have them but they are irreplaceable and I didn't want to diminish his collection. But on the other hand, I did not want to insult him by refusing them. Not to mention, I coveted them so much, I really did not want to leave them behind.
As you can see, I am now the very grateful owner of a small collection of Mexican Exchange/Trade Tokens that I know little to nothing about. So if you know anything or have any information on them, please let me/us know.
Not that it is part of the story, at least not yet, but I am going to put together a collection of coins to send back down to Mexico for him. A couple of my finds along with a 1937 (his birth year) coin ring I will get made for him.
And... No... I did not do any detecting while I was there. I did not bring my Nox with me. As I do not know the laws, I didn't want to break any by accident.
My wife and I were out tooling around the town on a four-wheeler and just happened to run into my mother inlaws father. He invited us into his house to visit for a bit. Beautiful place... Anyhow, he knew that I did a bit of metal detecting and coin collecting, so he wanted to show me his coin and bill collection. He busted out a couple of books of coins and bills so that I could flip through them.
One book had these old Mexico Exchange Trade tokens in it and I was drooling all over them. I had no idea what they were but he could see that I was very interested in them. He and his wife spoke no English and we spoke no Spanish, so they brought in their son to translate. He told me that his father finds them at flea markets and bazaar markets. When he sees one, he buys it.
He didn't have much information on them, he just liked them and collected them along with old Mexican bills and coins. We then went over the rest of his small collection. It was nice but I was most impressed with the tokens.
After some pleasantries and minor chit-chat, we said our goodbyes, hopped back on the four-wheeler and went our merry way.
Three days later, our vacation was coming to an end. We were packing our bags and getting ready for our flight. My Mother-in-law (Mika) came up to me, held out her hand to give me something, and handed me these four tokens from her father's collection. I tried to refuse them but she would not have it. I accepted them with a bit of regret... Her father wanted me to have them but they are irreplaceable and I didn't want to diminish his collection. But on the other hand, I did not want to insult him by refusing them. Not to mention, I coveted them so much, I really did not want to leave them behind.
As you can see, I am now the very grateful owner of a small collection of Mexican Exchange/Trade Tokens that I know little to nothing about. So if you know anything or have any information on them, please let me/us know.
Not that it is part of the story, at least not yet, but I am going to put together a collection of coins to send back down to Mexico for him. A couple of my finds along with a 1937 (his birth year) coin ring I will get made for him.
And... No... I did not do any detecting while I was there. I did not bring my Nox with me. As I do not know the laws, I didn't want to break any by accident.
