Olive-green on multicolor underprint. Oxen pulling a plow with a farmer in the center.
Reverse description
Orange print. Christopher Columbus at center.
Signature(s)
J. Mauricio Duke, Luis Alfaro Durán, R. Arturo Duke `1st type`, Arturo F. Craik, Lionel Víctor Laxton, Agustín Ferreiro, Rafael Meza Ayau,
Protection type
Protection description
Obverse lettering
BANCO CENTRAL DE
RESERVA DE EL SALVADOR
1
PAGARÁ AL PORTADOR
UN COLÓN
DE ACUERDO COM EL ARTÍCULO 39 DE SU LEY CONSTITUTIVA
SAN SALVADOR, 6 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 1949. (Translation: Central Reserve Bank of El Salvador Pay to Bearer One Colon in according with article 39 of Constitutional Law San Salvador, September 6, 1949.)
Reverse lettering
BANCO CENTRAL DE
RESERVA DE EL SALVADOR
1 (Translation: Central Reserve Bank of El Salvador)