Ecuadorian sucre
Ecuador’s sucre replaced inherited peso accounting in 1884 and gave way to the US dollar in 2000.
- Dates in use
- 1884–2000
- Where
- Ecuador
- Final conversion
- 25,000 sucres = 1 US dollar
- Ancestry branch
- Spanish real / peso
Its place in the family
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Later adoption of an existing currency is explained below.
Trace its ancestry backward
Ecuadorian sucre
Spanish real / peso de a ocho
Castilian maravedí / real de vellón accounting
Earlier ancestry is not established here.
1 later contribution joined this currency. See those connections →
The story
The sucre reform of 1884 succeeded the Spanish-peso monetary system inherited by Ecuador. Its earlier ancestry belongs to that real and peso tradition. [1]
Ecuador replaced sucre accounting with US dollars in 2000 at 25,000 sucres to one dollar. The sucre’s line ends here: the country adopted an already existing currency, rather than founding a new dollar unit. [2]
Replacement by an existing currency
This conversion belongs to the history of the retiring unit. It does not make that unit an ancestor of the currency adopted.
Turning points
Sources and evidence
- Lorena Rosero M.; Museo de la Moneda, Banco Central del Ecuador · La adopción del sistema decimal francés
- Banco Central del Ecuador · Informe del Directorio al Honorable Congreso Nacional, Apuntes de Economía 18, July 2001
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“Ecuadorian sucre.” The Family Tree of Money. © Field Technologies, Inc. Updated 2026-10-14; data version v49. https://familytreeofmoney.org/currency/T-FTM000533.html