Ecuador 1943-Mo 5 sucres

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 1943-44, the Mexico City mint struck this type, the last silver coin struck for circulation in Ecuador, along with a two sucres.

Recorded mintage: 1,000,000.

Specification: 25 g, 0.720 fine silver.

Catalog reference: KM 79.

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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• 1942 20 centavos
• 1944-D 5 centavos
• 1944-Mo 2 sucres
• 1944-Mo 5 sucres
• Coins and currency dated 1943
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