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1 Sucre
| Issuer | Banco del Ecuador |
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| Year | 1887-1901 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in black on pale paper, with a central vignette of a reclining allegorical female figure holding a caduceus, set against a landscape with ships at sea. The upper portion bears the bank title BANCO DEL ECUADOR and COMPAÑIA ANONIMA flanking a CAPITAL inscription of $1,200,000, with a large intaglio numeral 1 at the right. The lower register carries the denomination legend VALE UN SUCRE EN MONEDA CORRIENTE with UNO repeated at each corner, serial number at upper right, and two manuscript signatures above the GERENTES designation. |
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| Reverse lettering | BANCO DEL ECUADOR AMERICAN BANK NOTE CO. NEW YORK |
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The Banco del Ecuador was one of several competing private banks authorized to issue currency in Ecuador during the late nineteenth century — a period when no single national bank held a monopoly on note issuance. This note predates the monetary unification efforts that would eventually concentrate that authority, and the Banco del Ecuador itself ceased independent operation after the 1899 banking reform legislation began reshaping the sector.
ABNC produced the plates in New York, as was routine for South American private bank issues of this period. The long date range — fourteen years — suggests multiple print runs from the same basic plate, with issue dates added by hand or typeset locally at the time of signing.