Catalog
5 Sucres
| Issuer | Banco Central del Ecuador |
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| Year | 1928-1938 |
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| Printer | American Bank Note Company |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
| Protection description | Watermarked paper; specific watermark device not confirmed from catalog sources. |
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The Banco Central del Ecuador was itself newly created when this series began — established by the Kemmerer Mission in 1927, the same U.S.-led monetary reform effort that restructured central banking across much of South America during that decade. The bank absorbed the note-issuing functions of several private commercial banks that had previously flooded Ecuador with competing paper, and this 5 Sucres was among the first issues to carry the new institution's name.
ABNC plates from this period were frequently reused or lightly modified across successive date spans, so the ten-year window covered by P#84 reflects incremental authorization rather than a single print run.