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25 Centavos Jorge Icaza
| Issuer | Banco Central del Ecuador |
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| Year | 2023 |
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| Value | 25 Centavos (0.25 USD) |
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| Obverse description | Central effigy depicting a portrait of Ecuadorian novelist Jorge Icaza, accompanied by the national coat of arms of Ecuador. The legend 'REPÚBLICA DEL ECUADOR' arcs along the upper periphery, while the name 'JORGE ICAZA' flanked by star ornaments appears in the lower field. The design is executed in a clean, modern relief style typical of contemporary Latin American commemorative coinage. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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Ecuador has used the US dollar as its official currency since 2000, when dollarization ended the sucre following a catastrophic banking collapse that wiped out savings across the country. These collector-oriented centavo pieces issued decades later have no practical circulation function — the denomination exists symbolically, since fractional dollar coins in daily Ecuadorian commerce are simply US-minted cents.
Jorge Icaza, the Quito-born novelist best known for Huasipungo (1934), was one of Latin America's sharpest voices on the exploitation of indigenous laborers under the hacienda system. His inclusion in a national coin series reflects a long-running Ecuadorian effort to codify a literary and cultural pantheon in metal.