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5 Colones
| Issuer | Banco Central de Reserva de El Salvador |
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| Year | 1938-1954 |
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| Size | 170 × 75 mm |
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| Reverse description | Green intaglio print on plain ground. A circular portrait vignette at center contains a bust of Christopher Columbus, identified by the inscription CRISTOBAL COLON beneath the medallion. Denomination numeral 5 and the Roman numeral V appear in ornate guilloche roundels to the left and right, with scrollwork borders framing the entire design. The date San Salvador, 5 de Enero de 1954 is printed in the lower right field, and the printer's imprint WATERLOW & SONS LIMITED, LONDRES appears at the bottom margin. |
| Reverse lettering | BANCO CENTRAL DE RESERVA DE EL SALVADOR 5 CINCO COLONES SAN SALVADOR, 5 DE ENERO DE 1954 WATERLOW & SONS LIMITED, LONDRES (Translation: Central Reserve Bank of El Salvador Five Colones San Salvador, January 5, 1954 Waterlow & Sons Limited, London) |
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Waterlow & Sons held the printing contract for Salvadoran notes through a period of considerable political turbulence — the Banco Central de Reserva itself had only been established in 1934, replacing the earlier system of commercial bank note issuance that had collapsed under the pressures of the early Depression years. The 1938 series came just four years after that institutional reset.
The sixteen-year date range on P#82 reflects multiple issue dates within the same basic series, not a continuous uninterrupted print run. Waterlow's contract with El Salvador ran alongside dozens of other Latin American relationships, and the plates were maintained and reused across successive authorized releases.