Catalog
100 Sucres
| Issuer | Banco Central del Ecuador |
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| Year | 1939-1949 |
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| Value | 100 Sucres (100 ECS) |
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| Obverse description | Black intaglio on multicolour underprint, with an allegorical seated female figure holding a globe at centre. The issuer's name arches across the top, face value numerals appear in all four corners and along the sides of the central vignette, with the denomination in words below; the issuing place is at upper left and the date at upper right. Three manuscript signatures with printed titles occupy the lower zone, with the overprinted title 'GERENTE GENERAL' at lower right replacing a cancelled printed title obscured by black bars; printer's imprint at bottom margin. |
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| Reverse description | Printed in purple, with the Arms of Ecuador in an engraved central vignette. The issuer's name appears at lower centre, face value numerals are placed in all four corners and along the sides of the vignette, and the denomination in words is inscribed above the central design; printer's imprint runs along the bottom margin. |
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The Banco Central del Ecuador was established in 1927 under the monetary reform program designed by Edwin Kemmerer, the American economist whose stabilization missions reshaped several South American banking systems during the interwar period. This 100 Sucres note falls within a decade of considerable monetary pressure for Ecuador — wartime import restrictions, rising inflation, and the aftermath of the 1941 border conflict with Peru all complicated currency management through the 1940s.
ABNC produced the series with the quality control and intaglio work typical of their Latin American contracts of the period. The decade-long date range suggests plates were reused across multiple issuances with only minor changes between printings.