Catalog
100 Sucres
| Issuer | Banco Central del Ecuador |
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| Year | 1957-1970 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | A central intaglio vignette presents a bust portrait of Simón Bolívar, with the issuer's title arched across the top of the note. Denomination numerals appear in all four corners and flanking the central vignette, with the value in words inscribed along the lower center. Two-letter series prefix and serial numbers are positioned at lower left and right and upper left and right respectively, with the place of issue at lower left and the date at lower right. |
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| Protection description | Watermark visible when held to light |
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| Comments |
The Banco Central del Ecuador relied on the American Bank Note Company for virtually all of its mid-century high-denomination printing, and this 100 Sucres note falls squarely within that long-running relationship. ABNC's intaglio work on Ecuadorian issues from this period is consistently fine — the company was at or near its technical peak before the cost-cutting compromises of the 1970s began to show.
The thirteen-year print span across P#105 varieties reflects political and monetary stability that was, for Ecuador, genuinely unusual. The sucre held reasonably well through the late 1950s and 1960s before inflation pressures intensified in the following decade.