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 "" ("Light of the Americas"). Coins bear the date Año 20
xx, 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 The Central Bank of Ecuador also produced a commemorative $1 (
un sucre) coin for official 2000 mint sets. It was never released for circulation. ==See also==