Catalog
1 Colón
| Issuer | Banco Central de Reserva de El Salvador |
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| Year | 1988-1999 |
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| Thickness | 1.70 mm |
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| Reverse description | The large numeral '1' dominates the upper central field, with the denomination legend 'COLON' inscribed in bold relief beneath it. Two symmetrical laurel branches frame the central design on either side, their stems crossing at the base to form a wreath-like arrangement. A beaded border runs along the inner edge of the coin. |
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| Reverse lettering | 1 COLÓN |
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El Salvador's colón had been pegged to the US dollar at 2.50 per dollar since 1934, a rate that held with remarkable rigidity through coups, civil war, and economic turbulence alike. By the time this stainless steel issue entered circulation in 1988, the country was deep into a civil conflict that would claim roughly 75,000 lives before the 1992 Chapultepec Peace Accords. The colón itself was abolished entirely in 2001 when El Salvador dollarized its economy under the Monetary Integration Law — making this series among the final coinage struck under the national currency.