In the eighteen century The Banco del Ecuador issued provisional notes for 80 centavos and 4 sucres and Regular notes were issued until 1926 in denominations of 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 500 and 1000 sucres. 1 sucre notes were issued by the Banco Anglo-Ecuatoriano and by the Banco de Quito

The Banco de la Unión issued notes of 1, 5, 10, 20 and 100 sucres, whilst the Banco Internacional issued notes  of 1, 5, 10, 20, 100, 500 and 1000 sucres. The Banco Comercial y Agricola issued notes of 1, 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 500 and 1000 sucres. The Banco del Pinchincha issued notes for 1, 5, 10, 20, 50 and 10 sucres ,. The Banco del Azuay issued 1, 2, 5 and 10 sucres notes , The Campañia de Crédito Agricola e Industrial issued 2 and 10 sucres notes and the Banco de Decuento issued 5 and 50 sucres notes in the twenties.

The first notes of the Central Bank  were the 5, 10, 20, 50 and 100 sucresfollowed by 500 and 1000 sucres and in the fifties new  5, 10, 20, 50 and 100 sucres were issued, These notes went through several modifications, and inflorescent security ink was introduced about 1970. A small-size 1000-sucre note was finally put into circulation in 1973.

The next change  was the redesigneto show the new national coat of arms. A small-size 500 sucre note appeared at the end of the 70s. As inflation gained momentum, higher denominations were introduced: 5000 in 1987, 10,000 in 1988, 20,000 in 1995 and 50,000 in 1996.