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1 Peso Pattern
| Issuer | Central American Mint, El Salvador |
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| Year | 1894 |
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| Value | 1 Peso |
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| Reverse description | Left-facing draped bust of Christopher Columbus occupies the central field, rendered in high relief with fine portrait detail. The legend CRISTÓBAL COLÓN arcs around the upper periphery, flanked by raised dots serving as separators. The denomination UN PESO and the geographic legend AMÉRICA CENTRAL are inscribed in the lower portion of the reverse, completing the design within a beaded border. |
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| Mint | C.A.M. Central American Mint, San Salvador, El Salvador (1892-1896) |
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El Salvador's 1894 coinage program coincided with the country's shift toward a silver-based peso system anchored to Central American monetary union agreements. Pattern strikes in copper at this period were standard procedure for the Central American Mint when submitting proposed designs for government approval — the metal was cheap, easy to work, and produced sharp impressions suitable for review. Whether KM#Pn42 advanced beyond the approval stage is unclear; El Salvador's monetary situation in the mid-1890s was unstable enough that several proposed issues were abandoned entirely before reaching circulation.