This question concerns the following coin:
https://en.numista.com/catalouge/pieces14526.html
But only the 1912-1915 Lima mint issues (KM# 51.3).
Numista lists two types of 1914-LIMA-FG coins, but the descriptions for both entries are exactly the same. The SCWC indicates that there are two varieties for the 1914-LIMA-FG coin: one with a dot after “LIMA” and one without a dot after “LIMA”. Based upon the values listed for the two versions, the one with the dot appears to be less common than the one without the dot (at least in higher grades). Members apparently own examples of both of the types currently listed for this date on Numista, but it isn't clear which type is which, because the descriptions are the same and thus do not indicate which line is for the version with the dot after “LIMA” and which is for the version that does not have the dot.
Out of curiosity (and since I have the 1912 and 1915 Lima mint versions of this coin), I checked to see if either one of them had a dot after “LIMA”. My example of the 1912 date does not have the dot, but my 1915 example has the dot after “LIMA." Neither the SCWC or Numista indicate whether these dates have two varieties (with and without the dot like the 1914 date), or if all of the 1912 mintage lacks the dot and all of the 1915 mintage has the dot. It might be interesting to ask others who own these coins to check and report what they have.
Another curious thing I noticed about this coin series is that the SCWC indicates a small “R” should be present (for all three dates) below the arms but above the “LIMA” mintmark on the reverse of these coins. According to the SCWC, this “R” is the die engraver's initial at the Lima, Peru mint; it also appears on the reverse of the Peruvian 1 centavo coins from the early 20th century for KM# 211, which corresponds to this coin in the Numista catalog:
https://en.numista.com/catalouge/pieces28105.html ;
Anyway, Numista only mentions the presence of the “R” on the reverse of the Ecuador 2 decimos coins for the 1915-LIMA-FG date. I checked my 1912 and 1914 coins and the “R” is present on both of them. Thus, the Numista web page for this coin series should mention that the “R” is also present for those two dates. Interestingly, for the Peruvian 1 centavo KM# 211/Numista 28105 coins, some dates exist with and without the “R”, some dates lack the “R” and other dates exist only with the “R”. This situation is explained in the SCWC by saying that all dies for this coin series started out with an “R”, but after some amount of use, the “R” became very weak or filled, resulting in the coins without an “R”. It isn't clear to me if the same situation holds for the Ecuador 2 decimos coins (i.e., that some coins without an “R” might exist) because my 1912, 1914 and 1915 dated coins all have the “R”. The Numista entries for the 1912-LIMA-FG and 1914-LIMA-FG dates should also indicate that an “R” should be present (like the entry for the 1915-LIMA-FG date) so that collectors will know it is normal/correct for the “R” to be present for 1912 and 1914 dated coins as well as the 1915 dated coin. It would also be interesting to know if coins without the “R” exist for these dates. The webpage should also indicate (perhaps where the mint official's initials are explained) that the “R” is the die engraver's initial.
