Ecuador 1889-So sucre

from the Mountain Groan Collection

After a period of striking reales, pesos and escudos which must be regarded as a failure, Ecuador ceased minting coins in 1862. In 1884, the government tried again, this time with coinage produced on contract by the Heaton mint in Birmingham, England. A new currency conforming to the Latin Monetary Union was introduced, the sucre, with its division the centavo. Silver sucres were produced at Heaton 1884-95, at Santiago, Chile, 1888-89, and at Lima, Peru, 1890-97. The specimen shown is from Santiago. The type is not common but reasonably available in circulated condition.

Recorded mintage: 327,000.

Specification: 25 g, 0.900 fine silver, .723 troy oz ASW.

Catalog reference: KM 53.2.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• Elizondo, Carlos A., Eight Reales and Pesos of the New World, San Antonio, TX: 1968.
• Raymond, Wayte, The Silver Dollars of North and South America, 2nd Ed., Racine, WI: Whitman Publishing, 1964.

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