Ecuador 1928 10 centavos

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. By 1928 successive devaluations had reduced the sucre from 25 grams of silver to five. This ten centavos was minted in 1928 only. The type is not common but reasonably available in circulated condition. The 1928 issue included one, 2½, five, ten and fifty centavos and one and two sucres.

Recorded mintage: 16,000,000.

Specification: nickel.

Catalog reference: KM 70.

Source:

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

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• 1889-So sucre
• 1924-H 5 centavos
• 1924-H 10 centavos
• 1928 2½ centavos
• 1928 50 centavos
• 1928 sucre
• 1928 2 sucres
• 1946 10 centavos
• Coins and currency dated 1928
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