Ecuador 1997 sucre
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This specimen was lot 40135 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2019), where it sold for $1,860. The catalog description[1] noted, "ECUADOR. Sucre, 1997. PCGS PROOF-69 DEEP CAMEO. Struck for the 70th Anniversary of the establishment of the Central Bank with a mintage of 2,000 pieces. Boldly cameoed with a sprinkling of light tone over both sides. Highly popular as a type due to the illustration of an 1833 Ecuadorian Escudo in the reverse centers." Despite the self-congratulatory theme of this NCLT, the sucre collapsed entirely in 1999 and was replaced by the United States dollar.
Recorded mintage: 2,000 proofs.
Specification: 31.10 g, 0.900 fine gold, 40 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: Fr-12; KM-111.
- Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Ponterio, Richard, Kyle Ponterio, Matt Orsini and Cris Chatigny, The January 2019 NYINC Sale: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2018.
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