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Unidad de Valor Constante

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Code
  
ECV

Date of introduction
  
May 28, 1993

Value
  
1 ECV = 10 000 ECS

Number
  
983

User(s)
  
Ecuador

The Unidad de Valor Constante (UVC) was a currency created by the "Ley de Valores" of Ecuador in 1993, and abolished with dollarization in the presidency of Jamil Mahuad on January 9, 2000. It was meant to help deal with the high levels of inflation experienced under the sucre. The 1 UVC was specified at its introduction (May 28, 1993) to equal 10,000 sucres. Its value was adjusted daily by the "Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas y Censos" (INEC) in line with the rate of inflation.

It had the ISO 4217 currency code ECV.

References

Unidad de Valor Constante Wikipedia