View source for Ecuador 1912-L FG 1/2 decimo

[[Image:Ecuador 1912L 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 several varieties exist, including 1912/05.

''Recorded mintage:'' 20,000.

''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, 1901-2000, 47th ed.,'' Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.

''Link to:''
* [[Ecuador 1899-L JF 1/2 decimo|1899 ½ décimo]]
* [[Ecuador 1909-H 1/2 centavo|1909-H ½ centavo]]
* [[Ecuador 1909-H centavo|1909-H centavo]]
* [[Ecuador 1909-H 5 centavos|1909-H 5 centavos]]
* [[Ecuador 1912-L FG decimo|1912 decimo]]
* [[Ecuador 1915-BIRM 1/2 decimo|1915-BIRM ½ décimo]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1912]]
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[[Category:Selections from the Mountain Groan Collection]]