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Salvadoran peso
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The peso was the currency of El Salvador between 1877 and 1919. From 1889, it was subdivided into 100 centavos. The peso replaced the Central American Republic real at a rate of 8 reales = 1 peso and was replaced by the colón at par.
The first decimal Salvadoran coins were issued in 1889. These were cupro-nickel 1 and 3 centavos. 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 2½, 5, 10 and 20 pesos, although the gold coins were only issued in very small numbers. In 1909, bronze ¼ real coins were issued in response to the continued use of the real currency system in parts of the country. Coins for 25 centavos were introduced in 1911.
The government issued banknotes denominated in pesos in 1877, in denominations between 1 and 500 pesos. Following this, various private banks issued notes until after the peso was replaced by the colón.
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| Circulating | Argentine peso · Chilean peso · Colombian peso · Cuban convertible peso · Cuban peso · Dominican peso (peso oro) · Macanese pataca (圓) · Mexican peso · Philippine peso (piso) · Uruguayan peso |
| Obsolete | Argentine peso argentino · Argentine peso ley · Argentine peso moneda corriente · Argentine peso moneda nacional · Bolivian peso · Catalan peseta (pesseta) · Costa Rican peso · Ecuadorian peso · Equatorial Guinean peseta · Guatemalan peso · Guinea Bissau peso · Honduran peso · Japanese government-issued Philippine fiat peso · Nicaraguan peso · Paraguayan peso · Peruvian peseta · Portuguese Timorese pataca · Puerto Rican peso · Salvadoran peso · Spanish peso · Spanish peseta (pesseta, pezeta) · Venezuelan peso |
| See also | Peso sign · Maltese pataca (coin) |
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