| Issuer | El Salvador |
| Year | 1955-1958 |
| Type | Standard banknote |
| Value | 2 Colones (2 SVC) |
| Currency | Colón (1892-date) |
| Composition | Paper |
| Size | |
| Shape | Rectangular |
| Printer | Waterlow & Sons Limited, United Kingdom (1810-1961) |
| No. printed | |
| Designer(s) | |
| Engraver(s) | |
| In circulation to | 1 January 2001 |
| Reference(s) | P#91 |
| Obverse description | Coffee farm scene, with workers center to left, coffee bush at left. Issuer name on top, face value on right as number on a guilloche and letters below, date at lower right. Roman and Arabic numbers on corners, alternated. |
| Reverse description | Christopher Colombus portrait at center with `2` and `II` numbers on sides, issuer name on top, face value in letters below image, Roman and Arabic numbers on corners, alternated. Overprinted: validation seal on left, signature and date on right. |
| Signature(s) | |
| Protection type | Watermark |
| Protection description | (Only on 1958 issue): BANCO CENTRAL 27.8.1958 |
| Obverse lettering | EL BANCO CENTRAL DE RESERVA
DE EL SALVADOR
PAGARÁ AL PORTADOR
2
SAN SALVADOR 13 DE ABRIL
DE 1955
DOS COLONES
DE ACUERDO CON EL ARTÍCULO 38 DE SU LEY CONSTITUTIVA (Translation: Central Reserve Bank of El Salvador will pay the bearer 2 San Salvador April 13th., 1955 Two Colones Accordingly to article# 38 of the Constitutive Law.) |
| Reverse lettering | BANCO CENTRAL DE RESERVA DE EL
SALVADOR
2 II
DOS COLONES
(Overprinted): Junta de Vig. de Bancos
y S. A.
San Salvador, 14 de Mayo de 1956 (Translation: Central Reserve Bank of El Salvador 2 II Two Colones (Overprinted): Bank and Anonymous Companies Supervisory Board. San Salvador, May 14th., 1956) |
| Variants | |
| Catalog ID | 5116360250 |
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