5 Colones

€1.00
IssuerEl Salvador
Year1976-1977
TypeStandard circulation banknote
Value5 Colones (5 SVC)
CurrencyColón (1892-date)
CompositionPaper
Size158 × 66 mm
ShapeRectangular
PrinterThomas De La Rue, London, United Kingdom
No. printed
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In circulation to1 January 2001
Reference(s) P#126
Obverse descriptionBlack print, multicolor underprint, red serial numbers  At center, engraving based off of the painting Primer Grito de Independencia (First Cry of Freedom, 1957) by Luis Vergara Ahumada.
Reverse descriptionGreen print, black seal  Left of center, portrait of Christopher Columbus.
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Obverse letteringEL BANCO CENTRAL DE RESERVA DE EL SALVADOR PAGARA EN EFECTIVO AL PORTADOR CINCO COLONES DELGADO ACOMPANADO DE OTROS PROCERES, ARENGANDO AL PUEBLO.
(Translation: The Central Reserve Bank of El Salvador will pay in cash to the bearer Five Pesos  Delgado, accompanied by other heroes, haranguing the people.)
Reverse letteringBANCO CENTRAL DE RESERVA DE EL SALVADOR CRISTOBAL COLON CINCO PESOS
(Translation: Central Reserve Bank of El Salvador Christopher Columbus Five Pesos)
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Catalog ID3368094140
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