Ecuadorian Sucre

Item

Title
Ecuadorian Sucre
Description
Five Sucres from Ecuador, A. D. 1943, silver, approximately 38 millimeters in diameter. Front: bust of Antonio Sucre, facing left, circumscribed by REPUBLICA DEL ECUADOR 1943 (Republic of Ecuador 1943).
Reverse: flag draped arms of Ecuador are in the center, with a mint mark of Mexico City and “Mexico”, directly beneath. Circumscribed across the top is GRAM. 25 • CINCO SUCRES • LEY 0.720, meaning twenty-five grams [weight of coin], five sucres [denomination of coin], and by law 0.720 silver content.
Identifier
2008.036.016
Source
Mexico
Subject
Numismatics
Provenance
William and Catherine Sell
Date Created
1943 CE
Is Part Of
Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum
Item sets
Coin Collection