1 Sucre

Ecuador's nickel coinage of this period was produced under contract at the Philadelphia Mint, a common arrangement for smaller Latin American nations that lacked domestic minting capacity. The sucre itself was named after Antonio José de Sucre, the Venezuelan-born general who secured Ecuadorian independence at the Battle of Pichincha in 1822. The KM#78.1 and 78.2 varieties differ in minor die details, most notably edge and planchet specifications adjusted between production runs.