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5 Centavos Isidro Ayora
| Issuer | Banco Central del Ecuador |
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| Year | 2023 |
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| Value | 5 Centavos (0.05 USD) |
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| Obverse description | Central effigy depicting a facing portrait of Isidro Ayora, former President of Ecuador, physician, and public figure, rendered in moderate relief. The legend 'REPUBLICA DEL ECUADOR' arcs along the upper periphery, flanked by decorative stars, while the name 'ISIDRO AYORA' appears below the portrait, also flanked by stars. The national coat of arms of Ecuador is displayed above the portrait. The overall design is executed in a straightforward engraved style typical of modern Ecuadorian commemorative coinage. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse features a large, bold numeral '5' dominating the central field, accompanied by a stylized graphic of parallel curved lines extending from the base of the numeral, evoking a modernist decorative motif. The legend 'BANCO CENTRAL DEL ECUADOR' arcs along the upper periphery, while 'CINCO CENTAVOS' is inscribed along the lower periphery. The date 'AÑO 2023' appears to the left of the numeral in the field. |
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Isidro Ayora served as Ecuador's president from 1926 to 1931 and was the architect of the monetary reforms that established the Banco Central del Ecuador itself in 1927 — making his appearance on this coin an institutional self-reference of sorts. The bank he founded is the very authority that issued it.
A 2023 strike of this type is a modern restrike or commemorative continuation of the KM#131 series, not a circulation issue from Ayora's own period.