5 Colones

€281,923.00
IssuerEl Salvador
Year1980
TypeStandard banknote
Value5 Colones (5 SVC)
CurrencyColón (1892-date)
CompositionPaper
Size156 × 67 mm
ShapeRectangular
PrinterAmerican Banknote Corporation (American Bank Note Company), Ottawa, New York, United States (1795-date)
No. printed
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In circulation to1 January 2001
Reference(s) P#132A
Obverse descriptionBlack print, green and red 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  At center, cameo of Christopher Columbus facing right.
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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 letteringEL BANCO CENTRAL DE RESERVA DE EL SALVADOR
(Translation: Central Reserve Bank of El Salvador)
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Catalog ID4672718120
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