Ecuador 1937-HF 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. In 1937, this type was struck in Switzerland, along with a five centavos, twenty centavos and one sucre. The next issue (KM76a), in 1942, was brass.

Recorded mintage: 7,500,000.

Specification: nickel.

Catalog reference: KM 76.

Source:

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

Link to:

• 1937-HF 5 centavos
• 1937-HF sucre
• 1942 5 centavos
• 1942 10 centavos
• 1942 20 centavos
• Coins and currency dated 1937
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