Ecuador 1828-GY escudo
This specimen was lot 3282 in Sincona sale 43 (Zürich, October 2017), where it sold for 550 CHF (about US$656 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"ECUADOR, Republik, 1 Escudo 1828. Quito. Sehr schön. (republic of Ecuador, one escudo of 1828, Quito mint. Very fine.)"
Altho the Sincona cataloguers did not so note, this specimen is almost certainly a counterfeit. The weight is wrong; the die style is incorrect; no Ecuadorean coins are known with assayer GY and no Ecuadorean gold coins are known dated 1828. The only consolation is that the winning bidder likely knew this coin was a fake or it would have sold for multiples of the reported price realized (see the 1833 escudo for comparison).
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.3 g, 0.875 fine gold, this specimen 2.44 g.
Catalog reference: KM 15.
- Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Richter, Jürg, Sincona sale 43, Gold and Silver Coins and Medals, Zürich: Sincona AG, 2017.
Link to:
- 1833 real
- 1833 2 reales
- 1833 escudo
- Coins and currency dated 1828
- return to coins of Ecuador