Ecuador 1912-L FG decimo

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. Silver decimos (= ten centavos) were produced at Heaton 1884-90, at Santiago in 1889 and at Lima, Peru, 1892-1905 and 1912. The specimen shown is from Lima. The date is slightly scarce compared to previous dates (1902 and 1905).

Recorded mintage: 30,000.

Specification: 2.5 g, 0.900 fine silver, .072 troy oz ASW.

Catalog reference: KM 50.3.

Source:

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

Link to:

• 1894 decimo
• 1912 ½ décimo
• 1914 2 decimos
• 1915 decimo
• Coins and currency dated 1912
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