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20 Centavos
| Issuer | Ecuador |
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| Year | 1975-1981 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
| Obverse lettering | REPUBLICA DEL ECUADOR (Translation: Republic of Ecuador) |
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Ecuador's shift to nickel-clad steel for this issue came as part of a broader regional trend driven by rising global nickel prices in the early 1970s — the same pressure that forced monetary authorities across Latin America to abandon higher-metal-content coinage within the same decade. The Banco Central del Ecuador had already been rationalizing its coinage infrastructure, and the cheaper blank stock made the transition straightforward.
The KM#77.2a designation distinguishes this from the earlier nickel composition, a separation that matters more to type collectors than circulation records suggest it should — the two versions saw nearly identical use in everyday commerce.