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2 Reales Countermarked Coinage
| Issuer | Ecuador |
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| Year | 1831 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#8 |
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| Reverse lettering | CUNDINAMARCA Ba JF 2 R |
| Edge | Chained |
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Ecuador's first independent coinage was not struck fresh — it was recycled. Facing an immediate shortage of circulating coin after separating from Gran Colombia in 1830, the new government authorized the countermarking of existing Spanish colonial 2 reales pieces already in circulation. The "ECUADOR / 1831" stamp effectively nationalized foreign silver without the expense or infrastructure of a functioning mint.
Ecuador would not open its own mint until Quito began operations in 1833.