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2 Reales Pattern
| Issuer | Ecuador |
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| Year | 1833 |
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| Currency | Real (1822-1871) |
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| Reverse description | Central field features the rising sun with long radiating rays emerging from behind two volcanic mountains, with a small globe or orb at the sun's center. The denomination '2 R' is incused to the left and right of the central motif respectively. Two condor wings flank the base of the volcanoes. The surrounding peripheral legend, in raised Latin lettering, reads LIBRE EN LA CONSTITUCION, proclaiming constitutional liberty. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Ecuador had only declared independence from Gran Colombia two years prior, and the 1833 pattern issues were part of the new republic's first serious attempt to establish a domestic coinage system. The Quito mint, operating under severe resource constraints, struck copper patterns to test designs before committing to silver production. Whether full silver coinage from this effort was ever realized in quantity remains a matter of debate among specialists.
KM#Pn1 is among the earliest documented Ecuadorian pattern coins, and surviving examples are genuinely rare in any condition.