Katalog
| Emittent | Banco Central del Ecuador |
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| Jahr | 1958-1988 |
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| Druckerei | Thomas De La Rue & Company, London, United Kingdom |
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| Vorderseitenbeschreibung | Central vignette of a portrait of Antonio José de Sucre, facing three-quarters left, framed by fine guilloche underprint. The issuer name and 'SOCIEDAD ANONIMA' appear across the top, with the denomination in words below the portrait vignette. The numeral '5' is repeated on both lateral sides of the central vignette and in all four corners. |
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| Rückseitenbeschreibung | The national coat of arms is centred within a guilloche border, with the issuer name arched across the top. The denomination in words appears below the coat of arms, while the numeral '5' is repeated on both lateral sides — two smaller numerals flanking the coat of arms and two larger numerals near the outer edges — as well as in all four corners. |
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| Anmerkungen |
Ecuador's Banco Central issued this denomination across three decades — a span that tells its own story about the sucre's gradual erosion. The 5 sucre note was effectively redundant long before the series ended; by the late 1980s, inflation had so thoroughly devalued the currency that the denomination barely covered a bus fare in Quito. The BCdE kept it in print out of institutional inertia more than practical necessity.
Thomas De La Rue produced the series throughout, as they had held Ecuador's banknote contracts for most of the twentieth century. Later dates in the run tend to show heavier circulation wear — the note's modest value meant it passed through many hands quickly and was rarely set aside.