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500 Colones
| Issuer | Banco Occidental |
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| Year | 1925 |
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| Printer | American Bank Note Company |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is dominated by a central allegorical vignette of two reclining figures in a classical composition, rendered in fine intaglio engraving in blue-grey tones against an elaborate guilloche underprint. The bank title BANCO OCCIDENTAL appears in large letterpress at the top, with the denomination 500 repeated in each corner within ornate panels; the legend QUINIENTOS COLONES EN MONEDA JORNADA DE ORO is inscribed in a panel at the lower centre, accompanied by the date San Salvador 1° de Enero de 1925. Two manuscript signatures of bank officials appear across the lower portion of the note, with the series letter A and serial number fields positioned at upper left and right. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in a single dark green intaglio tone and centres on a circular medallion containing a finely engraved portrait bust of a bearded male figure in profile facing left, encircled by the inscription BANCO OCCIDENTAL. The medallion is flanked by two large symmetrical guilloche rosette panels, with the numeral 500 repeated six times in the corners and side margins. The imprint AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY appears in small letterpress at the bottom centre. |
| Reverse lettering | BANCO OCCIDENTAL 500 AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY |
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