Catalog
50 Colones
| Issuer | Banco Central de Reserva de El Salvador |
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| Year | 1979-1980 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse lettering | EL BANCO CENTRAL DE RESERVA DE EL SALVADOR / SAN SALVADOR / PAGARA EN EFECTIVO AL PORTADOR / CINCUENTA COLONES / SERIE / DIRECTOR / PRESIDENTE / GERENTE / CAPITAN GENERAL GERARDO BARRIOS |
| Reverse description | Central vignette of Christopher Columbus in a bust portrait, rendered in intaglio within a richly worked guilloche border. The denomination '50' appears in each corner, and the overall design is executed in violet and purple tones consistent with the obverse livery. |
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El Salvador's Banco Central de Reserva had relied on Thomas De La Rue for its higher-denomination printings through much of the mid-to-late twentieth century, a relationship that kept production quality consistent even as the country lurched toward the civil conflict that would define the 1980s. The 50 Colones was not a note that saw much ordinary commerce — at that denomination it circulated primarily in business and banking transactions, which means heavily worn examples are rarer than the survival rate might suggest.
The P#131 series spans two dated years with three-signature configurations for each, but the actual signatories remain unconfirmed across both runs — a gap that occasionally complicates attribution when signatures differ visibly between individual notes.