Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
On August 28, 1892, the Salvadoran mint was established and production of silver and gold coins denominated in centavos and pesos began. In addition to copper 1 centavo coins, there were silver 5, 10, 20 and centavos and 1 peso, and gold 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 , 5, 10 and 20 pesos, [ 2 ] although the gold coins were only issued in very small numbers (597 ...
On October 1, 1892, the government of President Carlos Ezeta, decided that the Salvadoran peso should be called the 'Colon', in homage to the discoverer of America. The colón replaced the peso at par in 1919. It was initially pegged to the U.S. dollar at a rate of 2 colones = 1 dollar. El Salvador left the gold standard in 1931 and its value ...
View history; Tools. Tools. move to sidebar hide. Actions Read; ... Print/export Download as PDF; ... the Salvadoran colón (SVC), used in El Salvador from 1892 until ...
Main page; Contents; Current events; Random article; About Wikipedia; Contact us; Pages for logged out editors learn more
View history; Tools. Tools. move to sidebar hide. Actions ... Pages in category "Banknotes of El Salvador" ... Salvadoran colón; Salvadoran peso; Salvadoran real
Printable version; In other projects ... Pages in category "Economic history of El Salvador" ... Coffeeland; S. Salvadoran peso; Salvadoran real
The Spanish colonial and Central American Republic reales both circulated in El Salvador. Between 1828 and 1835, coins were issued specifically for El Salvador. From 1830, various foreign coins were counterstamped for use in El Salvador. In 1877, banknotes denominated in pesos were introduced, with 8 reales = 1 peso. The real ceased to be used ...
This page was last edited on 29 September 2020, at 23:18 (UTC).; Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License; additional terms may apply.