Ecuador 1884-H sucre

Ponterio sale 169, lot 22140

After a period of striking reales, pesos and escudos which must be regarded as failure, Ecuador ceased minting coins in 1862. In 1872, the government tried again, this time with centavos and two centavos produced on contract by the Heaton mint in Birmingham, England. A new currency conforming to the Latin Monetary Union was introduced in 1884, the sucre, with its division the centavo. Silver sucres were produced at Heaton 1884-90, at Santiago 1889-91 and at Lima, Peru, 1889-96 and 1912-15. This specimen was lot 22140 in Ponterio sale 169 (Baltimore, November 2012), where it sold for $304. The catalog description^[1] noted, "ECUADOR. Sucre, 1884-Heaton. PCGS AU-55 Secure Holder."

Recorded mintage: 250,000.

Specification: 25 g, 0.900 fine silver.

Catalog reference: KM 53.1.

Source:

• Elizondo, Carlos A., Eight Reales and Pesos of the New World, San Antonio, TX: 1968.
• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]Ponterio, Richard, Ponterio sale 169: The November 2012 Baltimore Auction, Irvine, CA: Stack's Bowers, LLC, 2012.

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