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10 Colones
| Issuer | Banco Central de Reserva de El Salvador |
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| Year | 1943-1952 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Reverse description | Printed in dark gray intaglio, the reverse centers on an oval guilloche vignette containing a left-facing portrait bust of Christopher Columbus. Denomination numerals "10" appear in each corner within ornate scrollwork frames, and a circular bank control seal is impressed at left. The legend "San Salvador, Septiembre 20 de 1910" appears below the central vignette, with the printer's imprint "AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY" at the lower margin. |
| Reverse lettering | BANCO CENTRAL DE RESERVA DE EL SALVADOR San Salvador, Septiembre 20 de 1910 AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY (Translation: Central Reserve Bank of El Salvador / San Salvador, September 20, 1910 / Ten Colones) |
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The Banco Central de Reserva de El Salvador was established in 1934 under a currency reform that ended the monopoly of private commercial banks over note issue — a reorganization driven largely by pressure from the Salvadoran government responding to the economic devastation of the early 1930s depression. This note falls within the post-war decade when the Central American coffee economy was recovering, and dollar parity was the political priority shaping denomination policy.
American Bank Note Company's New York production for this series is consistent with El Salvador's long-standing relationship with ABNC, which supplied most of the republic's circulating paper through the mid-twentieth century. The P#85 type ran across nearly a decade of issue dates, making date-specific examples meaningfully distinct from one another for census purposes.