20 Sucres


Nickel clad steel	8.3 g	26.0 mm

Description

Issuer	Ecuador
Period	Republic (1830-date)
Type	Standard circulation coin
Years	1988-1991
Value	20 Sucres (20&nbspECS)
Currency	Sucre (1884-2000)
Composition	Nickel clad steel
Weight	8.3 g
Diameter	26.0 mm
Thickness	2.3 mm
Shape	Round
Technique	Milled
Orientation	Coin alignment ↑↓
Demonetized	9 October 2000
Updated	2024-10-04

References

Numista	N#1768
Rarity index	7%

Reverse

Denomination in digits, denomination in Braille, an image of the monument "Mitad del Mundo" ("Middle of the world", at the equatorial line near Quito)

Scripts: Braille, Latin

Lettering:
20
SUCRES

Edge

Plain

Comment

Mitad del Mundo is a monument located at the equatorial line, near the city of San Antonio, in the canton of Quito. The 30-metre-tall (98 ft) monument was built between 1979 and 1982 to commemorate the first Geodesic Mission of the French Academy of Sciences. The Mission started in 1736 and the group conducted experiments to test the flattening at the poles of the characteristic shape of the Earth, by comparing the distance between a degree meridian in the equatorial zone to another level measured in Sweden.

Interesting fact

One interesting fact about the 20 Sucres coin from Ecuador is that it features the image of a hummingbird on its reverse side. The coin's design was created by the Ecuadorian artist, Guillermo Maldonado, and it is said that the hummingbird was chosen as a symbol of the country's rich biodiversity and natural beauty.