Catalog
5 Sucres
| Issuer | Banco Central del Ecuador |
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| Year | 1975-1983 |
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| Currency | Sucre (1884-2000) |
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| Obverse description | Black intaglio print on a multicoloured guilloche underprint with pink and green tones. A central oval vignette presents an engraved portrait of Antonio José de Sucre in military uniform, flanked by two ornate guilloche numerals "5" in scalloped cartouches, with the issuer's title "BANCO CENTRAL DEL ECUADOR" and subordinate inscription "SOCIEDAD ANONIMA" across the top. Three signature lines appear at the base, identified by the titles GERENTE GENERAL, SUPERINTENDENTE DE BANCOS, and VOCAL, with the denomination "CINCO SUCRES" in a letterpress band at the foot and the printer's imprint below. |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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The Banco Central del Ecuador's reliance on the American Bank Note Company stretched across decades and multiple denominations, but by the mid-1970s ABNC was already in financial difficulty — the company declared bankruptcy in 1990, and contracts from this period represent some of its final years of active production for Latin American clients. Ecuador was among the last countries still commissioning work from them.
The 5 Sucres denomination held stubbornly low purchasing power through this issue's lifespan, eroded by inflation that accelerated sharply in the early 1980s. Notes from the later dates in this range circulated hard.