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20 Centavos
| Issuer | El Salvador |
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| Year | 1892 |
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| Value | 20 Centavos (0.20) |
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| Reverse description | The denomination spelled out in two lines — VEINTE above CENTAVOS — occupies the central field, set within an open wreath of laurel branches tied at the base with a bow. The design is unadorned, with the lettering in plain block capitals against a flat field, enclosed by the coin's beaded border. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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Issued to mark the 400th anniversary of Columbus's 1492 landing, this coin was part of a broader Latin American commemorative impulse that swept several republics simultaneously — Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua struck related types the same year. El Salvador's participation reflected an official nationalism that was, in practice, being actively constructed during the coffee-boom decades of the late nineteenth century, when the ruling oligarchy was remaking the country's identity as rapidly as it was reorganizing land tenure.
KM#111 is a one-year type, struck solely for 1892.