Catalog
5 Colones
| Issuer | Banco Central de Reserva de El Salvador |
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| Year | 1964-1967 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Reverse description | Green intaglio print with a black seal. The central vignette presents a cameo portrait of Christopher Columbus in right-facing profile, framed by ornamental guilloche work and the issuing bank's name in bold lettering. |
| Reverse lettering | BANCO CENTRAL DE RESERVA DE EL SALVADOR (Translation: Central Reserve Bank of El Salvador) |
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ABNC printed this series under contract during a period when most Central American central banks still depended entirely on U.S. security printers — El Salvador had no domestic printing capacity for fiduciary notes of this security level. The Banco Central de Reserva had been reorganized in 1961 following U.S.-backed monetary reform pushed under the Alliance for Progress program, and this issue reflects that political and financial alignment.
P#106 spans several date variants across the 1964–1967 window. Earlier dates in the series tend to be more elusive in higher circulated grades, as the 5 Colones denomination saw heavy everyday use in a cash-dependent economy where banking penetration remained low.