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.

VENEZUELA

The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela is a country in South America with a capital of Caracas . Venezuela was first colonised by Spain in 1522 after fierce fighting with the indigenous peoples. Independence was declared in both 1811 and 1813 but both times the movements were crushed but in 1821 full independence was achieved under the command of Simon Bolivar under the name of Gran Colombia up until 1830 when a bloody rebellion gained independence as Venezuela. The colours of the Venezuelan flag are yellow, blue and red - yellow for the wealth of the land, blue for the wealth of the sea and red for the blood shed in gaining independence.  1998 saw a new Bolivarian revolution sweep Hugo Chavez to the presidency. he died in 2013.

Monetary units;

1 Bolivar = 100 Centimos 1879 - onward

The first of the notes above is the 10000 Bolivares note from 2004 with Antonio Sucre on the front and  the supreme court building on the back.. This note was a present from some american friends who were in Cuba at the same time as me in 2006, for Fidel Castro's 80 th birthday.

the second note above is a 100 Bolivares note from 1992 with a dashing Simon Bolivar on the front and the capitol building on the reverse.

This note is the 1 Bolivar note from the 1989 issue with a bust of Simon Bolivar on the front and the coat of arms on the reverse.

There are plans to introduce a regional currency for members of ALBA, to replace the US dollar as the currency of commerce. up until now it has been a "Virtual Currency" . there are plans for it to become a hard currency in the future. the currency is called the Sucre.

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.