1 Sucre

The Banco del Ecuador was one of several competing private banks authorized to issue currency in Ecuador during the late nineteenth century — a period when no single national bank held a monopoly on note issuance. This note predates the monetary unification efforts that would eventually concentrate that authority, and the Banco del Ecuador itself ceased independent operation after the 1899 banking reform legislation began reshaping the sector.

ABNC produced the plates in New York, as was routine for South American private bank issues of this period. The long date range — fourteen years — suggests multiple print runs from the same basic plate, with issue dates added by hand or typeset locally at the time of signing.