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Beschrijving keerzijde	Central device features a fasces surmounted by a Phrygian cap on a pike, flanked by crossed arrows and two cornucopiae filled with fruit and grain, the whole enclosed within a laurel and olive wreath. The circular legend 'EL PODER EN LA CONSTITUCION' surrounds the design, and the date appears in the lower exergue. The coin is framed by a beaded border.
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Opschrift keerzijde	EL PODER EN LA CONSTITUCION · 1838 ·
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Aanvullende informatie	Ecuador's early republican coinage was struck at the Quito mint, which operated under chronic difficulties — inconsistent silver supplies, worn tooling, and an assay system inherited from the colonial era that struggled to maintain fineness targets. The .666 standard used here reflects a deliberate reduction from colonial-era fineness, a practical concession to the realities of metal availability in the Andean interior during the 1830s. The 1837–1838 window coincides with Ecuador's turbulent first decade of full independence from Gran Colombia, which had dissolved in 1830. Mintage figures for Quito issues of this period are poorly documented, and die marriages across the two years remain incompletely catalogued.