Black 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 description
Green print, black seal Left of center, portrait of Christopher Columbus.
Signature(s)
Protection type
Protection description
Obverse lettering
EL 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 lettering
BANCO CENTRAL DE RESERVA DE EL
SALVADOR
CRISTOBAL COLON
CINCO PESOS (Translation: Central Reserve Bank of El Salvador Christopher Columbus Five Pesos)