Ecuador 1886-H 1/2 decimo

Sedwick sale 11, lot 1194

from the Mountain Groan Collection

The specimen shown was lot 1194 in Sedwick sale 11 (Winter Park, FL, April 2011), where it sold for $69. The catalog description^[1] noted, "Ecuador (struck in England), copper-nickel 1/2 decimo, 1886-HEATON-BIRMINGHAM. Lightly toned AXF with minor rim-flaws." This one year type is from the Heaton mint, which minted half centavo, one centavo, half decimo, decimo, two decimos, half sucre and one sucre coins for Ecuador in 1884. This type was minted again in 1886 but in 1893 converted to silver.

Recorded mintage: 600,000 plus a few proofs.

Specification: copper-nickel, this specimen 6.4 grams.

Catalog reference: KM-49.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]Sedwick, Daniel Frank, Augi Garcia and Cori Sedwick Downing, Treasure Auction 11, Winter Park, FL: Daniel Frank Sedwick LLC, 2012.

Link to:

• 1884-H ½ centavo
• 1884-H ½ décimo
• 1884-H ½ sucre
• 1886-H centavo
• 1889 sucre
• Coins and currency dated 1886
• return to coins of Ecuador