![]() Esta pieza fue elaborada alrededor del 1500, unos veinte años antes de que España comenzara la colonización de México. También conocida como moneda-hacha o moneda-azada azteca, esta divisa estandarizada, sin sello, tenía un valor fijo de 8.000 semillas de cacao – a otra unidad común de intercambio en Mesoamérica. Description (Spanish)Įste tajadero de cobre era una forma de moneda que circulaba en el centro de México y partes de América Central. The history of all these peoples intersected and blended during a centuries-long process of dramatic social reorganization and economic exploitation that imposed an often violent or coercive exchange of language, labor, technology, and genes. Their wealth was based in part on the tributes paid by indigenous men and women and by the increasingly large population of free people of African descent. These imports were expensive – only the wealthier Spanish colonists and the indigenous aristocracy could afford them. The gold and, especially, silver pesos that originated in Mexico's mines were sent to Spain to pay for manufactured goods produced in countries like England, France, Holland, and later, China. Where were the many millions of pesos minted in Mexico going? After 1535, minted money was one of Mexico's biggest exports, along with indigenous agricultural products like textile dyes, cacao, and vanilla. Meanwhile, the Spanish colonists were using gold dust, nuggets, and silver bars or sheets as currency. During the early colonial period, in an economy where minted coins were in short supply, tajaderos like this one were still being exchanged for goods by native Mexicans. This piece was made around 1500, about 20 years before Spain began to colonize Mexico. Also known as Aztec hoe or axe money, this standardized, unstamped currency had a fixed worth of 8,000 cacao seeds – the other common unit of exchange in Mesoamerica. This copper tajadero (Spanish for chopping knife) was a form of money used in central Mexico and parts of Central America.
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