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100 Pesos
| Issuer | Banco Salvadoreño |
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| Year | 1913 |
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| Reference(s) | P#S206 |
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| Obverse lettering | EL BANCO SALVADOREÑO Pagará al portador en moneda efectiva CIEN PESOS SAN SALVADOR REPUBLICA DE EL SALVADOR ADMINISTRADOR DIRECTOR CAJERO American Bank Note Co. New York 100 Nº SERIE |
| 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.