100 Sucres

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.