Ecuador 1915-L FG 2 decimos
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 dos decimos (= twenty centavos) were produced at Heaton 1884-90, at Santiago 1889-91 and at Lima, Peru, 1889-96 and 1912-15. This specimen was lot 10177 in Ponterio sale 169 (Baltimore, November 2012), where it sold for $352. The catalog description[1] noted, "ECUADOR. 2 Decimos, 1915-FG. Scarce. Obverse toned in gray, reverse brilliant. UNCIRCULATED." The date, struck in Lima, is scarce.
Recorded mintage: 157,000.
Specification: 5 g, 0.900 fine silver, .144 troy oz ASW.
Catalog reference: KM 51.3.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Ponterio, Richard, Ponterio sale 169: The November 2012 Baltimore Auction, Irvine, CA: Stack's Bowers, LLC, 2012.
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