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1 Colón

Issuer Banco Central de Reserva de El Salvador
Year 1993-2000
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Composition Nickel clad steel
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Obverse script Latin
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Mintage 1993 - British Royal Mint, Wales -
1994 - Sherrit Mint, Canada -
1995 - Vereingte Deutsche Metall, Germany -
1998 - -
1999 - -
2000 - In sets only -
Additional information

El Salvador's colón had been the national currency since 1892, but by the 1990s it was effectively a managed peg to the US dollar — a de facto arrangement that the Legislative Assembly formalized in 2001 with the Monetary Integration Law, which dollarized the economy entirely and retired the colón from circulation. This nickel clad steel issue, struck through the final years of that currency's existence, was obsolete within months of the series ending.

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