View source for Ecuador 1912-L FG decimo

[[Image:Ecuador 1912 decimo obv DSLR.jpg|300px|thumb|from the Mountain Groan Collection]]
[[Image:Ecuador 1912 decimo rev DSLR.jpg|300px|thumb]]

After a period of striking reales, pesos and escudos which must be regarded as 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 [[Ecuador 1889-So sucre|sucre]], with its division the [[Ecuador 1886-H centavo|centavo]]. Silver decimos (= ten centavos) were produced at Heaton 1884-90, at Santiago in 1889 and at Lima, Peru, 1892-1905 and 1912. The specimen shown is from Lima. The date is slightly scarce compared to previous dates (1902 and 1905).

''Recorded mintage:'' 30,000.

''Specification:'' 2.5 g, 0.900 fine silver, .072 troy oz ASW. 

''Catalog reference:'' KM 50.3. 

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed.,'' Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.

''Link to:''
* [[Ecuador 1894-L TF decimo|1894 decimo]]
* [[Ecuador 1912-L FG 1/2 decimo|1912 ½ decimo]]
* [[Ecuador 1914-L FG 2 decimos|1914 2 decimos]]
* [[Ecuador 1915-BIRM decimo|1915 decimo]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1912]]
* return to [[Ecuador]]

[[Category:Silver dimes of the world]][[Category:Selections from the Mountain Groan Collection]]