New varieties of Ecuadorian numismatic and philatelic items are regularly
being discovered, and Ecuador itself puts out a healthy number of new issues
each year. This page is your opportunity to check for varieties or issues
not in the standard catalogs or report new ones that you have discovered.
Stamps
I have the below three
stamps in my collection. They were printed within the past few years, after
the 1999 Scott catalog already came out. If anybody subscribes to a catalog
supplement service and knows the catalog numbers for these new issues,
let me know!
Coins
The following varieties
of predecimal coins are not listed in Krause but appear in Carrión
Letort:
1/4 Real 1843/2 overdate
1/4 Real 1852 GJ (Constitu)
1/2 Real 1848 & 1848: Wide & narrow wing variants, the wide wing
variants apparently slightly less common
1 Real 1833GJ: Variety with eagle more horizontal, base of letters gothic
1 Real 1838ST: There are two variants based primarily on the ax size
2 Reales 1839MV: There are two varieties--one with the 2 vary close to
the left mountain, the other very separate
4 Reales 1842MV: There is a variety with 3 arrow shafts rather than 2
The following varieties are not listed in Krause but appear in Seppa and
Carrión Letort:
The coins with lettering on the edges (i.e., the four reales of 1841-3,
the 1/2 sucre of 1884, the large sucres of 1884-1897) appear with the lettering
in both orientations (up and down). The two are of roughly equal occurrence,
except apparently for the 1890 Heaton sucres.
The following coins are not listed in Krause but appear in Smith
& Daughter:
8 Escudos 1849/7: Listed as unconfirmed in 1996 Krause. In Smith &
Daughter's catalog with the value described as "15,000-UP". Listed in
1999 Krause as "rare" with the note that the coin realized $23,000 in Smith
& Daughter's 1996 sale.
1/5 Libra 1899: "Head of Sucre Obverse; Revised Coat of Arms Reverse. An
unlisted gold coin of Ecuador, perhaps a token or a proposed pattern to
emulate the 1/5th Libras of Peru. The reverse legend reads G1.600 [grams]
1/5 de Libra 0.900 M.N. Quito. 14 mm. With a small test cut at 3'oclock
on the reverse rim, otherwise Brilliant Uncirculated."
The following new issues are not listed in the 1999 edition of Krause's
Standard Catalog:
Have you discovered
another type or variety not in the standard catalogs, or do you know of
another new issue you would like to report? If so, use the form below or
click on the "email me at" link at the bottom of the page. Thanks!Please
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