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2 Décimos
| Issuer | Ecuador |
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| Year | 1884-1916 |
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| Weight | 5.0 g |
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| Reverse description | Left-facing portrait bust of Antonio José de Sucre, Venezuelan-born independence hero and first President of Bolivia, rendered in high relief with fine detailing of his uniform and facial features. The legend REPUBLICA DEL ECUADOR arcs around the upper periphery, while the year of issue appears at the base of the design flanking the bust. The field is plain, and the entire design is contained within a beaded inner border. |
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| Mint | Casa de Moneda de Chile, Santiago, Chile (1743-date) Heaton and Sons / The Mint Birmingham (Heaton and Sons / The Mint Birmingham Limited), United Kingdom (1850-2003) Casa de Moneda de Lima, Lima, Peru (1565-date) United States Mint, Philadelphia, United States (1792-date) |
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Ecuador's decimalized coinage system, introduced in 1884, was largely the work of monetary reform tied to the country's adoption of the sucre as its national unit the previous year. The 2 décimos sat in heavy everyday use for over three decades — long enough that early strikes from the Lima mint (which handled much of Ecuador's silver coinage in this period) are rarely encountered without significant wear.