jan 1, 1881 - Hacienda San Jose Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico

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COINS OF OLD HACIENDAS AND AGRICULTURAL FARMS OF PUERTO RICO. Hacienda San Jose, 1881, copper, 6 1/4 centavos (half real silver strong).

Manual coining ril, which characteristics of rico typography design and characters, reveals the high capacity of mechanical steel-making workshops of the abarca foundry. The inscription of the name "abarca", in low letters, arranged at the bottom of the back of the currency, directly under the word "rico" of "Puerto Rico", clearly identifies such a company as the one that died this impressive

The great importance of the appearance of this ril - which had been relatively a little time was not known - is that it is the first historical testimony that has been found the full name of which has never been appeared. Known-non-primary or published drumental of the original owner of this sugar estate of the old municipality of río piedras, this is "Joaquín Leandro De Solís Kercadó", and the probable date of foundation or establishment of this

This nothing else has been a track for the development of a deeper investigation around the development of this ancient engineer that would have become the xx century already entering the "central factory of san josé", and, later, in la vannina ", whose board of directors became vice president, precisely, don angel abarca.

The land of this former azucarera hacienda is the one that occurs today the botanical garden of the university of puerto rico, the offices of the presidency and the federal forest service.

The land of this hacienda, at least part of it, is today the UPR Botanical Garden. In fact, one of the plots is still known as "the Solís estate".


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