Banknotes of El Salvador

The Salvadoran colón died on January 1, 2001, when El Salvador adopted the dollar. One hundred and eight years of issues that came to an end overnight, and which will never grow again.

Christopher Columbus, literally

The currency was named after the navigator, and his portrait appeared on the 5-colón banknote for decades. The reverses feature the National Palace, the Mayan pyramid of Tazumal, and scenes of the coffee harvest, which sustained the country's economy for a century.

A doubly closed issuer

Not only did it cease to be issued: the country does not even retain the option of bringing it back, because the dollar is the only legal tender today. Along with Ecuador, they are the two American cases of banknote collecting closed by dollarization.

What you will find here

Salvadoran colones with Pick reference and actual preservation. They complete Central America along with Guatemala and Honduras.

Shipping

Protected and tracked from Spain.

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