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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Gallienus, post: 2412338, member: 42034&quot;]I think mintage was listed at 1,286 pieces &amp; the coin entered circulation.&nbsp; Not sure of the weight, Krause lists it as 25.0 g but they tend to &quot;fill in the blanks&quot; when unsure.&nbsp; It may be near 8 real weight which was around 27+ grams.&nbsp; Fineness was .900 silver.&nbsp; Since this was an era of debased coinage in Northern South America, everyone hoarded the coin and it has a reasonably high survival rate.&nbsp; Mint state specimens are really rare tho.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://coinsandhistory.com/pix_coin/Ecuador_8R_N64_Millenium_both600.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Until &amp; including 1857, this coin was legal tender in the USA, presumably for 1 dollar.&nbsp; The obverse was clearly designed by John Reich but may have been copied by an Ecuadorian.&nbsp; This specimen is an NGC-64 and sold for $23K in 2008.&nbsp; I missed buying an ms-63 specimen thru a stupid error.</p><p><br /></p><p>I know, I know, I should retreat back to the foreign coin area from which I came.&nbsp; Every once in a while tho, I crawl forth and attack the US Bust Half dollar collectors...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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