Catalog
1 Sucre
| Issuer | Banco Internacional |
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| Year | 1892 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Printed in black intaglio on white paper with a fine guilloche underprint, the obverse presents an oval portrait vignette of Antonio José de Sucre in military uniform at the left. The bank title BANCO INTERNACIONAL appears in large bold lettering, with the denomination UN SUCRE inscribed within a central cartouche and the Ecuadorian coat of arms at the upper right. The place of issue GUAYAQUIL is noted in the lower left field, with additional corporate inscriptions completing the design. |
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| Obverse lettering | BANCO INTERNACIONAL VALE UN SUCRE EN MONEDA CORRIENTE Guayaquil SOCIEDAD ANONIMA CAPITAL $500,000 |
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Banco Internacional was one of Ecuador's early private issuing banks, operating under the 1871 banking law that allowed chartered institutions to circulate their own paper currency — a patchwork system that persisted until the Banco Central del Ecuador was established in 1927. Waterlow & Sons handled a substantial portion of Latin American private bank printing during this period, and their work for Ecuadorian issuers was competent if not especially distinguished.
The Sucre as a monetary unit had only been formally established in 1884, replacing the peso at par, so this 1892 note is among the earlier commercial issues in the new denomination.