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1 Sucre
| Issuer | Banco del Pichincha |
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| Year | 1912-1914 |
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| Value | 1 Sucre |
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| Obverse description | Printed in green and black, the obverse carries an oval portrait vignette at left of a bearded gentleman in formal attire with bow tie, while the centre displays the bank title 'BANCO DEL PICHINCHA' in bold display lettering flanked by a circular guilloche medallion enclosing the numeral '1'. The lower register bears the denomination inscriptions 'PAGARÁ AL PORTADOR A LA VISTA' and 'UN SUCRE', with ruled spaces for date, serial number, and two signature lines designated 'Gerente' and 'Presidente del Directorio', the printer's imprint 'American Bank Note Co. New York' appearing at the foot. |
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| Obverse lettering | COMPAÑIA ANONIMA. CAPITAL S/1.000.000. BANCO DEL PICHINCHA PAGARÉ AL PORTADOR A LA VISTA SERIE Quito, N° VALE UN SUCRE UN SUCRE GERENTE PRESIDENTE DEL DIRECTORIO American Bank Note Co. New York |
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Banco del Pichincha was founded in Quito in 1906 and became one of the regional banks authorized to issue private banknotes under Ecuador's pluralist banking system — a framework that persisted until the Banco Central del Ecuador was established in 1927 and gradually absorbed note-issuing rights. This note predates that consolidation by over a decade, placing it squarely in the period of competitive private emission.
The American Bank Note Company's New York facility handled the printing, as it did for a substantial portion of Latin American private bank paper during this period. ABNC's contracts with Ecuadorian regional banks were numerous enough that plate designs were sometimes shared or adapted across issuers, worth checking against related Pichincha series when attributing any variant.