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100 Pesos
| Issuer | Banco Salvadoreño |
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| Year | 1913 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Intaglio-printed note in black on white paper, with the central vignette occupied by the coat of arms of El Salvador within an oval frame, flanked on either side by the denomination numeral 100. To the left, a large oval vignette contains a reclining allegorical female figure in classical dress set against a tropical landscape; to the right, a smaller oval vignette presents a standing female figure with agricultural attributes. The bank title EL BANCO SALVADOREÑO appears in bold letters across the centre, with the promise text Pagará al portador en moneda efectiva below, and three signature lines at the foot for Administrador, Director, and Cajero. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is plain and essentially unprinted, showing only the cream-coloured paper stock with light soiling and a faint rectangular stamp remnant in the upper right corner, consistent with a specimen or uniface proof presentation. |
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Banco Salvadoreño was one of several private commercial banks operating in El Salvador under the 1880 banking law, which permitted note-issuing privileges to chartered institutions. That system persisted until 1934, when the newly created Banco Central de Reserva assumed exclusive right of issue and private bank notes were called in. A 1913 high-denomination note from this issuer would have seen limited everyday circulation by nature — 100 pesos was serious commercial money, used in trade settlements and interbank transactions rather than retail exchange.
The American Bank Note Company held long-standing relationships with Central American banks throughout this period, supplying security-printed notes across the region from its New York plant. At this denomination, surviving examples are genuinely rare.