Simón Bolivar was, of course, the great liberator of Hispanic America from Spain. One of his closest friends, generals, and statemen was Antonio José de Sucre y Alcalá, whose portrait appears on many coins from Ecuador. This page deals with all Ecuadorian coins with General Sucre's portrait (as shown in our picture), of which there are quite a few. The reverse design with flags, eagle, sun, mountain, and water also appears on all the coins of this page. See this CoinQuest page if your coin from Ecuador does not have the head of a man shown.

The values are all catalog values and they must be converted to actual buy and sell values using the descriptions found on our Important Terminology page (link at upper left).

1/2 (MEDIO) DECIMO, 15 mm diameter, 1893 to 1915
worn: $3 US dollars approximate catalog value
average circulated: $5
well preserved: $10
fully uncirculated: $25

1 (UN) DECIMO, 18 mm diameter, 1884 to 1915
worn: $5 US dollars approximate catalog value
average circulated: $8
well preserved: $12
fully uncirculated: $30
earlier dates are worth more; later dates are worth less

2 (DOS) DECIMOS, 24 mm diameter, 1884 to 1916
worn: $6 US dollars approximate catalog value
average circulated: $10
well preserved: $16
fully uncirculated: $40
earlier dates are worth more; later dates are worth less

50 (CINQUENTA) CENTAVOS, 18 mm diameter, 1928 to 1930
worn: $2 US dollars approximate catalog value
average circulated: $5
well preserved: $12
fully uncirculated: $30
the 1930 date is more rare than other dates, and worth more

1/2 (MEDIO) SUCRE, 30 mm diameter, 1884 only
worn: $35 US dollars approximate catalog value
average circulated: $100
well preserved: $300
fully uncirculated: $500

1 (UN) SUCRE, 37 mm diameter, 1884 to 1897
worn: $10 US dollars approximate catalog value
average circulated: $35
well preserved: $90
fully uncirculated: $200
coins dated 1890, 1892, and 1896 are more rare and worth somewhat more

1 (UN) SUCRE, 27 mm diameter, 1928 to 1990
worn: $1 US dollars approximate catalog value
average circulated: $2
well preserved: $3
fully uncirculated: $5
modern dates are worth face value

2 (DOS) SUCRES, 29 mm diameter, 1928 to 1944, 0.232 troy ounces silver
worn: $5 US dollars approximate catalog value
average circulated: $10
well preserved: $20
fully uncirculated: $50
coins dated 1944 are worth less than these values

5 (CINCO) SUCRES, 39 mm diameter, 1943 to 1944, 0.579 troy ounces silver
these coins are worth their weight in silver (see kitco.com for the current price of one troy ounce of silver, then multiply by 0.579)

10 (DIEZ) SUCRES, 22 mm diameter, 1899 to 1900, 0.235 troy ounces gold
these coins are worth their weight in gold (see kitco.com for the current price of one troy ounce of gold, then multiply by 0.235) plus about $50 more if in uncirculated condition