El Salvador struck this stainless steel issue as part of a broader coinage rationalization following the colón's sustained devaluation through the 1980s. The shift away from cupronickel reduced production costs at a time when the country was absorbing the fiscal strain of a civil war that had been grinding since 1979.
El Salvador struck this stainless steel issue as part of a broader coinage rationalization following the colón's sustained devaluation through the 1980s. The shift away from cupronickel reduced production costs at a time when the country was absorbing the fiscal strain of a civil war that had been grinding since 1979.