Ecuadoran Two Escudos Coin (1835)
Ecuadoran Two Escudos Coin (1835). Reproduced from Burton Hobson, Historic Gold Coins of the World, Doubleday, 1971, 123. This Ecuadoran coin was minted in Quito where a mint had been opened in 1833, though Ecuador was still part of Greater Colombia. Ecuador achieved independence in 1836 and altered the inscription to read "Republica Del Ecuador."
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