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50 Centavos
| Issuer | El Salvador |
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| Year | 1953 |
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| Weight | 5 g |
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| Obverse description | Left-facing draped bust of José Matías Delgado, the Salvadoran independence leader, rendered in high relief with curled hair at the nape of the neck. The circular legend REPUBLICA DE EL SALVADOR arcs along the upper periphery, while the date 1953 appears in the lower exergue. The portrait is depicted in a neoclassical style with fine detail in the subject's collar and facial features. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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El Salvador's silver coinage was largely stable through the early 1950s, but 1953 marked one of the final years before economic pressure and rising silver prices pushed the country — like most of Latin America — toward debased or cupro-nickel replacements. The 1953 issue of KM#138 sits near the end of a long run of .900 fine silver 50 centavos pieces that traced back to designs established decades earlier under the Colón monetary system, named for Columbus following the country's currency reform of 1919.
Mintage for this year was handled by the San Francisco Mint under contract — a common arrangement for smaller Central American nations lacking domestic minting infrastructure.