Ecuador's early gold coinage was struck at the Quito mint, which inherited both the equipment and the workforce of the colonial Casa de Moneda de Quito — an institution founded in 1572 that had operated continuously through independence. The new republic's transition to sovereign coinage was administratively messy; the 1836 start date for this type reflects years of political instability following the dissolution of Gran Colombia in 1830, which left Ecuador scrambling to establish functioning monetary institutions.
KM#19 is notably scarce in any grade. Quito's output during this window was modest, and the mint closed definitively in 1862.
Ecuador's early gold coinage was struck at the Quito mint, which inherited both the equipment and the workforce of the colonial Casa de Moneda de Quito — an institution founded in 1572 that had operated continuously through independence. The new republic's transition to sovereign coinage was administratively messy; the 1836 start date for this type reflects years of political instability following the dissolution of Gran Colombia in 1830, which left Ecuador scrambling to establish functioning monetary institutions.
KM#19 is notably scarce in any grade. Quito's output during this window was modest, and the mint closed definitively in 1862.