Ecuador 1892-L TF sucre
This specimen was lot 71684 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2023), where it sold for $456. The catalog description[1] noted, "ECUADOR. Sucre, 1892-LIMA TF. Lima Mint. NGC AU-55. This handsome nearly Mint State specimen delivers rich luster and only limitedly handled details." 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 Lima. The type is not common but reasonably available in circulated condition. This 1892 is a slightly better date.
Recorded mintage: 58,000.
Specification: 25 g, 0.900 fine silver.
Catalog reference: KM-53.3.
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- Raymond, Wayte, The Silver Dollars of North and South America, 2nd Ed., Racine, WI: Whitman Publishing, 1964.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, February 2023 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, featuring the David Sterling Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2023.
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