1 Peso El Banco Occidental

1 Peso (El Banco Occidental) - obverse1 Peso (El Banco Occidental) - reverse

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Features

Issuer El Salvador
Period Republic (1841-date)
Type Local banknote
Years 1910-1917
Value 1 Peso
Currency Peso (1877-1892)
Composition Paper
Size 170 × 70 mm
Shape Rectangular
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
217428
References P# S172
Tracy L. Schmidt (editor); 2019. Standard Catalog of World Paper Money. Modern issues 1961-present (25th edition). Krause Publications, Iola, Wisconsin, United States.
And 2 more volumes.

Obverse

Black print, red underprint, red serial numbers

At center, cherub supporting an oval frame with a portrait of a woman with a laurel crown

Script: Latin

Lettering:
REPUBLICA DEL SALVADOR
EL BANCO OCCIDENTAL
PAGARA A LA VISTA
AL PORTADOR
UN PESO
EN MONEDA EFECTIVA
San Salvador,
DICIEMBRE DE 1910.
American Bank Note Co. New York

Translation:
Republic of El Salvador
The Western Bank will pay on sight to the bearer One Peso in coin
December 1910

Reverse

Blue print

At center, portrait of woman facing right.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
BANCO OCCIDENTAL
REPUBLICA DEL SALVADOR
1 UN PESO
AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY, NEW YORK

Translation:
Western Bank
Republic of El Salvador

Printer

American Banknote Corporation (American Bank Note Company), Ottawa, New York, United States (1795-date)

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
1910-Dec 
ND (1910-1917)  Specimen
1912-Nov 
1914-Nov 
1917-May-31 

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