Catalog
100 Sucres
| Issuer | Banco Central del Ecuador |
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| Year | 1988-1997 |
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| Currency | Sucre (1884-2000) |
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| Obverse lettering | BANCO CENTRAL DEL ECUADOR CIEN SUCRES QUITO (Translation: Central bank of Ecuador) |
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| Reverse lettering | BANCO CENTRAL DEL ECUADOR CIEN SUCRES CIEN (Translation: Central Bank of Ecuador / One Hundred Sucres) |
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The 100 Sucres was essentially a workhorse denomination through Ecuador's late inflationary period — by the mid-1990s, chronic sucre devaluation had made even this note nearly worthless in daily transactions, requiring hundreds of them for basic purchases. The Banco Central extended the series run across nearly a decade partly because printing new, higher-denomination plates took time and budget that a struggling economy could not always prioritize.
Thomas De La Rue's involvement kept the physical quality well above what the note's real purchasing power warranted by its final years of issue.