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2 Sucres
| Issuer | Banco del Ecuador |
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| Year | 1907 |
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| Value | 2 Sucres |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in green and salmon tones, with a central intaglio vignette of a seated allegorical female figure holding a stringed instrument, set against a harbor scene with sailing ships in the background. Large ornate guilloche numeral "2" panels flank the central vignette on both sides, with the bank title "BANCO DEL ECUADOR" across the top in bold letterpress. Serial number positions are printed "00000" in black, with the place and date "GUAYAQUIL, DICIEMBRE 1° DE 1907" below the vignette, and a red "SPECIMEN" overprint across the lower centre. |
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| Reverse lettering | BANCO DEL ECUADOR GUAYAQUIL American Bank Note Co. New York |
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Banco del Ecuador was a private commercial bank operating out of Guayaquil, not a state institution — one of several regional banks authorized to issue currency under Ecuador's 1871 banking law. That arrangement collapsed in 1914 when the government moved toward centralizing note issue, eventually leading to the establishment of the Banco Central del Ecuador in 1927. Notes from this bank issued after 1900 occupy an odd transitional window: printed to professional standards by ABNC yet circulating within a system that was already politically doomed.
The S-prefix Pick number flags this as a private bank issue, not a national series — a distinction that matters for the serious collector.