THE ECUADORIAN SUCRE

This is the 100 sucre note from Ecuador with  a stern looking Simon Bolivar on the front and a rendition of the country's coat of arms on the reverse.

The Sucre , as well as being the Ecuadorian money it is also a proposed regional currency proposed by the Bolivian alliance for the Americas (ALBA) as a direct alternative to the free trade agreement of the Americas and the use of the US dollar as a medium of exchange that would lessen the influence of the US in south america.

ECUADOR

The Republic of Ecuador is a country on the west coast of south America, between Colombia and Peru. Its capital city is Quito.In 1533 the Spanish took the area from the Incas and made Quito the seat of government for the whole area New Granada (now Colombia) , Venezuela, and Quito. In 1822 the 3 territories formed an area called Grand Colombia, then in 1830 Quito left and changed its name to the republic of Equator (Ecuador).
monitary units:

1 Sucre= 10 decimos = 100 centavos
1 Condor = 25 Sucres
1 dollar (US) = 25,000 sucres

The note above is a 1000 sucres from 1986, on the front is a picture of Ruminahui, an inca warrior, depicted in red. the reverse has a coat of arms.