5 Colones

El Salvador's bimetallic coinage of the 1990s preceded the country's dollarization by just a few years — in 2001, the Monetary Integration Law fixed the colón permanently at 8.75 to the dollar and effectively ended the colón as a circulating currency. Coins like this 1997 issue were rendered obsolete almost immediately, which is why they turn up in uncirculated condition with notable frequency.