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The colón was the currency of El Salvador from 1892 until 2001, when it was replaced by the U.S. dollar during the presidency of Francisco Flores. The colón was subdivided into 100 centavos and its ISO 4217 code was SVC. The plural is "colones" in Spanish and the currency was named after Christopher Columbus, known as Cristóbal Colón in ...
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 ...
Colón (currency) S. Salvadoran colón; Salvadoran peso; Salvadoran real; U. United States dollar This page was last edited on 29 September 2020, at 23:18 ...
Colón (currency) 13 languages. ... (SVC), used in El Salvador from 1892 until 2001, when it was replaced by the American dollar; Symbol
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Salvadoran colón – El Salvador; Continental currency – United States; ... International dollar – hypothetical currency pegged 1:1 to the United States dollar;
Colour key and notes Indicates that a given currency is pegged to another currency (details) Italics indicates a state or territory with a low level of international recognition State or territory Currency Symbol [D] or Abbrev. ISO code Fractional unit Number to basic Abkhazia Abkhazian apsar [E] аҧ (none) (none) (none) Russian ruble ₽ RUB Kopeck 100 Afghanistan Afghan afghani ؋ AFN ...
Shaw, W.A. (1967) [1896], The history of currency 1252 to 1894: being an account of the gold and silver moneys and monetary standards of Europe and America, together with an examination of the effects of currency and exchange phenomena on commercial and national progress and well-being, New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, reprinted by Augustus M ...