5 Colones

By 1980, El Salvador was sliding into civil war — the FMLN insurgency was consolidating and the military junta had just come to power following the October 1979 coup. Currency printing contracts with ABNC had been in place for decades by this point, and the relationship continued uninterrupted through the political turbulence, which itself says something about institutional inertia in central banking.

The P#132A designation distinguishes this from closely related issues in the 132 series; collectors should verify the signature combination, as the Banco Central de Reserva cycled through several authorized signatories during this period.