Ecuador 1909-H centavo

from the Mountain Groan Collection

After a period of striking reales, pesos and escudos which must be regarded as 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. This copper-nickel one centavo was minted at Heaton 1909 only and was accompanied by a half centavo (KM 57) and two centavos (KM 59) of similar design. Paradoxically, this copper-nickel issues are today much scarcer than the silver half decimos, decimos and two decimos which were likely hoarded.

Recorded mintage: 3,000,000.

Specification: copper-nickel.

Catalog reference: KM 58.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.

Link to:

• 1889 sucre
• 1899 ½ décimo
• 1899 10 sucres
• 1909-H 5 centavos
• 1914-L 2 decimos
• Coins and currency dated 1909
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