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‖ sucre|sukre|
[f. the name of Antonio José de Sucre, a South American patriot.]
A basic monetary unit of Ecuador, consisting of 100 centavos; a coin of this value.
In 1915 the sucre was worth about 2 shillings.
1886Rep. Sec. Treasury 230, 412, 413 (Cent. Dict.). 1897Westm. Gaz. 12 May 1/3 The Government of Guayaquil recently made a special issue of postage-stamps of the value of 1 c., 2 c., 5 c., 10 c., 20 c., 50 c., and 1 sucre. 1902Encycl. Brit. (ed. 10) XXVII. 649/2. |