Ecuador struck this issue in 1999, the same year the country's economy collapsed entirely. Dollarization — the abandonment of the sucre in favor of the U.S. dollar — was announced in January 2000 after the sucre lost roughly 75% of its value in a single year. A commemorative silver coin denominated in sucres, minted at that precise moment, was obsolete almost before it left the dies.
Ecuador struck this issue in 1999, the same year the country's economy collapsed entirely. Dollarization — the abandonment of the sucre in favor of the U.S. dollar — was announced in January 2000 after the sucre lost roughly 75% of its value in a single year. A commemorative silver coin denominated in sucres, minted at that precise moment, was obsolete almost before it left the dies.