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Fantasy - 500 Nuevos Sucres
| Issuer | Galapagos Islands Central Bank (fantasy issuer) |
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| Year | 2021 |
| Type | Fantasy banknote |
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| Obverse description | A close-up vignette of a marine iguana's head and upper body occupies the left half of the note in teal and green tones, with silhouettes of a smaller lizard and a Galápagos tortoise in the central field. A botanical illustration of Bixa orellana (achiote) with leaves and seed pods extends across the right half, set against a light blue and teal underprint with a compass-rose guilloche motif at lower centre. A circular bank seal inscribed 'Galapagos Islands Central Bank / Banco Central Galápagos' appears mid-field alongside a red spiral security rosette, with the denomination numeral '500' in large gold characters at upper centre and a GERENTE GENERAL signature line at lower centre. |
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| Reverse description | A full-body marine iguana rendered in teal tones dominates the centre and right of the note, set against a multicoloured geometric underprint scattered with repeated '500' microprint numerals. A yellow Galápagos moth vignette appears at upper centre-right, while a small map of the archipelago is inset at upper left and a portrait medallion of a uniformed historical figure sits within a guilloche border at lower right. The denomination '500 / QUINIENTOS NUEVOS SUCRES' is inscribed in large characters at upper left, with 'Islas Galápagos' and '500' at lower left. |
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No such institution as the Galapagos Islands Central Bank has ever existed. Ecuador's Galapagos Islands have no independent monetary authority — the province uses the US dollar, which replaced the sucre when Ecuador dollarized in 2000. The "Nuevos Sucres" denomination is doubly fictional: the sucre was discontinued before any "nuevo" iteration was ever issued, unlike the Peruvian sol or Argentine peso which underwent formal currency redenominations.
This is a privately produced fantasy note with no issuing authority, no legal tender status, and no historical basis. Collector interest is purely novelty-driven.