Ecuador 1997 100 sucres

from the Mountain Groan Collection

The decade of the 1980's was rough for Ecuador. Inflation and crushing foreign debt obligations obliterated the value of the sucre, Ecuador's unit of currency since the 1880's. In the late 1990's, the sucre was dropped altogether and the United States dollar adopted. This issue honored the seventieth anniversary of the Central Bank of Ecuador.

Recorded mintage: unknown but common.

Specification: bimetallic; brass-plated steel core, stainless steel outer ring.

Catalog reference: KM 101.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.

Link to:

• 1988 20 sucres
• 1997 1 sucre, 70th anniversary of the Bank of Ecuador, gold
• 1997 500 sucres
• 1997 1000 sucres
• Coins and currency dated 1997
• return to Ecuador