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| Issuer | Ecuador |
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| Year | 1973 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#84, Schön#78 |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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| Mintage | 1973 - - 500 |
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Ecuador's sucre coinage of the early 1970s was produced against a backdrop of the country's first significant oil boom, following the opening of the Trans-Ecuadorian pipeline in 1972. Petroleum revenues briefly stabilized government finances after decades of monetary turbulence tied to cacao and banana export cycles.
KM#84 was struck at the Birmingham Mint in the UK, one of several foreign facilities Ecuador relied on throughout the twentieth century due to the absence of a domestic mint.