Ecuador 1981 20 centavos

from the Mountain Groan Collection

This specimen is of a type struck irregularly between 1397 and 1981. By 1981, successive devaluations had reduced the sucre from 25 grams of silver to nickel-paled steel. This twenty centavos was struck 1975-81 and is common.

Recorded mintage: 21,000,000.

Specification: nickel plated steel, 21 mm diameter, plain edge.

Catalog reference: KM 77.2a.

Source:

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

Link to:

• 1959 20 centavos
• 1980 20 centavos
• 1985 50 centavos
• Coins and currency dated 1981
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