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1.000 Sucres
| Issuer | Banco Central del Ecuador |
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| Year | 1944-1967 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | EL BANCO CENTRAL DEL ECUADOR SOCIEDAD ANONIMA CAPITAL AUTORIZADO 20.000.000 SUCRES Quito 1000 PAGARA AL PORTADOR A LA VISTA UN MIL SUCRES DELEGADO SUPERINTENDENCIA DE BANCOS TESORERO DE RESERVA AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY |
| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in dark brown intaglio throughout, centred on the Ecuadorian national coat of arms within an elaborate guilloche medallion, flanked symmetrically by the numeral '1000' in large counters. Intricate lathe-work borders and ornamental corner flourishes surround the design, with a ribbon cartouche at the top reading 'UN MIL SUCRES'. The issuer's name 'BANCO CENTRAL DEL ECUADOR' is inscribed along the lower border in a serif letterpress band. |
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The Banco Central del Ecuador had relied on ABNC for its high-denomination printing since the 1920s, and this 1,000 Sucres note falls within a series that bridged Ecuador's post-war economic stabilization and the currency reforms that eventually led to decimalization pressure in the late 1960s. ABNC's intaglio work on Ecuadorian notes of this period is generally considered among the finer examples of their South American output.
The twenty-three year emission window is unusually long. Notes from the early 1944 printings and those dated into the 1960s share the same fundamental plate design, though signature combinations changed repeatedly as central bank administrations turned over — identifying the precise issue date depends almost entirely on matching the printed signatures to known appointment records.