View source for Ecuador 1897-L JF 1/2 decimo

[[Image:Ecuador 1897 medio decimo obv DSLR.jpg|300px|thumb|from the Mountain Groan Collection]]
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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 medio decimos (= five centavos) were produced at Heaton 1884-86 and 1915, and at Lima, Peru, 1893-1912. The specimen shown is from Lima. The type is common in all grades but varieties exist.

''Recorded mintage:'' 800,000.

''Specification:'' 1.25 g, 0.900 fine silver, .036 troy oz ASW.

''Catalog reference:'' KM 55.1. 

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed.'', Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.

''Link to:''
* [[Ecuador 1894-L TF 1/2 decimo|1894 ½ décimo]]
* [[Ecuador 1897-L JF sucre|1897-L sucre]]
* [[Ecuador 1899 10 sucres|1899 10 sucres]]
* [[Ecuador 1899-L JF 1/2 decimo|1899 ½ décimo]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1897]]
* return to [[Ecuador]]

[[Category:Selections from the Mountain Groan Collection]]