British and World Coins, Commemorative Medals, Numismatic Books

Ecuador, Sucre, 1888; Half-Sucre, 1884; 2 Decimos, 1891; Decimo, 1889, all with obvs. countermarked with script RA [Rogelio Alvarado] for use on the Galápagos Islands (KM. p.265) [4]. Last good fine, others fair to fine, scarce £200-300

Provenance: Acquired 1973-6, mostly from J. Lepcyzk.

Rogelio Alvarado, a merchant in Guayaquil, had a number of Ecuadorean and Chilean coins countermarked in the 1920s, allegedly for use in the island’s penal colony