100 Sucres

Ecuador's central bank was itself barely established when this note entered circulation — the Banco Central del Ecuador was founded in 1927 as part of the Kemmerer Mission reforms, a U.S.-led financial reorganization that swept through several South American countries in the late 1920s attempting to impose gold-standard discipline and institutional banking structure. The 100 Sucres was a significant denomination for the period, far beyond everyday transaction use.

ABNC's contract for this series was part of a broader regional relationship the New York firm maintained with newly reorganized Latin American central banks. The plate work is characteristic of their interwar production quality, though the economic chaos of the early 1930s — Ecuador suspended gold convertibility in 1932 — likely affected how long these circulated before redemption pressure mounted.