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Ecuadorian centavo coins

Currency used alongside the U.S. Dollar in Ecuador

Field	Value
name	Ecuadorian centavo
local_name	centavo de dólar de Ecuador
local_name_lang	es
iso_code	none
iso_comment	not a separate currency; uses instead
using_countries	Ecuador
(alongside the U.S. dollar)
pegged_with	United States dollar (at 1:100 ratio)
superunit_ratio_1	100
superunit_name_1	United States dollar
symbol	¢
used_coins	1, 5, 10, 25, 50 centavos
coin_article	Ecuadorian centavo coins
used_banknotes	none issued1
issuing_authority	Banco Central del Ecuador
issuing_authority_website	www.bce.fin.ec
footnotes	1 Ecuador also uses U.S. dollar notes and the dollar coin.

(alongside the U.S. dollar)

Ecuadorian centavo coins were introduced in 2000 when Ecuador converted its currency from the sucre to the U.S. dollar. The coins are in denominations of 1, 5, 10, 25 and 50 centavos and are identical in size and value to their U.S. cent counterparts (although the U.S. 50-cent coin counterpart is not often seen in circulation). They circulate within Ecuador alongside coins and banknotes from the United States. but finally decided to not release in common circulation, only in 2000 coin sets. Ecuador does not issue any banknotes, relying on U.S. issues.

Description

Ecuadorian centavos bear the numeric value along with the value spelled out in Spanish, and the legend of the Banco Central del Ecuador; the reverse is printed with the portrait and name of a notable Ecuadorian, the legend "República del Ecuador" and the country's coat of arms. The exception is the one-cent coin, which rather than bearing a portrait, is printed with a map of the Americas and bears the legend "Luz de América" ("Light of the Americas"). Coins bear the date Año 20xx, beginning in 2000; the largest proportion of coins in circulation are from the 2000 minting. With the exception of the one-cent coin, the coins are nickel-plated steel; the "un centavo" coin is generally brass-plated steel although a few were struck in copper-plated steel. The coins are minted by the Royal Canadian Mint and the Casa de Moneda de México.

A new series of Ecuadorian coins was released in 2023. However, a substantial amount of the coinage circulating in Ecuador are U.S. issues, whose dimensions and values exactly match all of the centavo pieces. Sacagawea dollars and the succeeding Presidential dollar coins are particularly popular, and large numbers have been shipped there.

Read more at: https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/americas/article138837363.html#storylink=cpy

Image	Value	Technical parameters	Description	Date of	Diameter	Thickness	Mass	Composition	Edge	Obverse
250px	1 centavo	19 mm	1.25 mm	2.5-2.55 g	Brass	Plain	"BANCO CENTRAL DEL ECUADOR", year of minting, denomination in digits and words	"REPUBLICA DEL ECUADOR", stylized image of the globe with the equator passing through Ecuador and rays emanating from Ecuador, legend "LUZ DE AMERICA" (Spanish for Light of the Americas)	10 September 2000	Current
125px125px	1 centavo	19 mm	1.45 mm	2.35 g	Copper-plated steel	Plain	"BANCO CENTRAL DEL ECUADOR", year of minting, denomination in digits and words	"REPUBLICA DEL ECUADOR", stylized image of the globe showing the Americas with the equator passing through Ecuador and rays emanating from Ecuador, legend "LUZ DE AMERICA" (Spanish for Light of the Americas)	2003	Current
250px	5 centavos	21.2 mm	1.9 mm	4.95 g	Stainless steel	Plain	"BANCO CENTRAL DEL ECUADOR", year of minting, denomination in digits and words	"REPUBLICA DEL ECUADOR", portrait and name of Juan Montalvo, national coat of arms	10 September 2000	Current
250px	10 centavos	17.9 mm	1.3 mm	2.3 g	Stainless steel	Reeded	"BANCO CENTRAL DEL ECUADOR", year of minting, denomination in digits and words	"REPUBLICA DEL ECUADOR", portrait and name of Eugenio Espejo, national coat of arms	10 September 2000	Current
250px	25 centavos	24.2 mm	1.75 mm	5.8 g	Stainless steel	Reeded	"BANCO CENTRAL DEL ECUADOR", year of minting, denomination in digits and words	"REPUBLICA DEL ECUADOR", portrait and name of José Joaquín de Olmedo, national coat of arms	10 September 2000	Current
250px	50 centavos	30.6 mm	2.1 mm	11.25 g	Stainless steel	Reeded	"BANCO CENTRAL DEL ECUADOR", year of minting, denomination in digits and words	"REPUBLICA DEL ECUADOR", portrait and name of Eloy Alfaro, national coat of arms	10 September 2000	Current

The Central Bank of Ecuador also produced a commemorative $1 (un sucre) coin for official 2000 mint sets. It was never released for circulation.

Image	Value	Technical parameters	Description	Date of	Diameter	Thickness	Mass	Composition	Edge	Obverse	Reverse	issue	withdrawal
250px	1 sucre	30.5 mm	2.2 mm	11.25 g	Nickel-clad steel	Reeded	"BANCO CENTRAL DEL ECUADOR", year of minting, denomination in digits and words	"REPUBLICA DEL ECUADOR", portrait and name of Antonio José de Sucre, national coat of arms	2000 (official mint sets only)	Never in circulation

References

Behnke, Alison. (2008). "Ecuador in Pictures". Twenty-First Century Books.
"Numista Ecuador $1 webpage". Numista.
[http://www.coinscan.com/for/ecu.html Foreign coins struck by the Royal canadian mint : Ecuador] {{Webarchive. link. (2010-12-14 ; consulted on March 2011)
{{in lang. es [https://web.archive.org/web/20140514222000/http://www.ecuadornumismatics.com/numisphily/dollarization/Yahoo-espanol/00-06-13_fraccionarias.html]; Noticias de Yahoo; consulted on March 2011
[https://www.worldofcoins.eu/forum/index.php?topic=56970.0 Ecuador: New series of circulating coins 2023]
[https://www.numismaticnews.net/paper-money/spending-american-money-in-ecuador Spending American Money in Ecuador]
[https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/americas/article138837363.html Where did all the Sacagawea dollar coins go? In Ecuador, they’re everywhere]
"Coins of Central and South America - Ecuador: 2000s".

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