Catalog
10 Pesos
| Issuer | Banco del Ecuador |
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| Value | 10 Pesos |
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| Obverse description | Violet and white intaglio-printed note with an ornate guilloche border running the full perimeter. The centre carries two oval vignettes side by side: the left shows a uniformed portrait bust, the right an allegorical seated figure. A large denomination numeral '10' appears in a circular underprint cartouche at left, with a matching 'DIEZ PESOS' panel at right; the serial number C006651 is printed in violet at upper left and upper right. The lower portion bears an unfilled date line reading 'GUAYAQUIL ___ 18__' with a 'GERENTES' signature line beneath. |
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| Reverse lettering | BANCO DEL ECUADOR GUAYAQUIL DIEZ PESOS 10 PESOS |
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Banco del Ecuador was a private commercial bank operating out of Guayaquil, and for decades it functioned as something close to a de facto central bank in Ecuador — a role fiercely contested by Quito-based financial interests. The American Bank Note Company produced most of the bank's higher-denomination paper, a relationship common among South American issuers who lacked domestic printing infrastructure capable of the intaglio security work ABNC provided.
Pick 141B sits within a series that spans several signature combinations, and the specific official pairing on this type is what distinguishes it from its near-identical neighbors in the catalog.