Catalog
10 Pesos
| Issuer | Republic of El Salvador |
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| Year | 1892 |
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| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents a laureate female bust in left profile, representing an allegorical figure of Central America, with flowing wavy hair adorned with a laurel wreath and a draped garment at the truncation. The legend AMERICA CENTRAL is inscribed in two arcing segments flanking the upper field, separated by raised dots at the sides. The denomination 10 PESOS appears in the lower exergual area, and the entire design is enclosed within a fine beaded border. |
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| Mint | C.A.M. Central American Mint, San Salvador, El Salvador (1892-1896) |
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The 1892 issue dates to the Central American gold coinage boom of the late nineteenth century, when several republics standardized on a metric-aligned gold peso system partly to facilitate trade with European partners. El Salvador's 10 Peso specifically commemorates the four-hundredth anniversary of Columbus's 1492 landing — a theme shared across multiple Latin American nations that year, many of which issued parallel commemorative gold pieces to mark the occasion.
Surviving examples in collectible condition are genuinely scarce. Salvadoran gold of this period saw limited domestic circulation and was frequently melted during subsequent monetary reforms.