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50 Sucres
| Issuer | Banco Central del Ecuador |
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| Year | 1988-1991 |
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| Thickness | 2.1 mm |
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| Reverse script | Braille, Latin |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Ecuador's sucre had been under sustained devaluation pressure throughout the 1980s, driven by falling oil revenues and a debt crisis that forced repeated IMF interventions. By the time this 50-sucre coin entered circulation, inflation was running above 50% annually, and a denomination that had represented meaningful purchasing power a decade earlier was already becoming marginal. The shift to nickel clad steel from earlier compositions reflects direct cost-cutting pressure on the Banco Central during those years.
The series was retired when dollarization in 2000 made all sucre coinage obsolete overnight.