5 Centavos

5 Centavos - obverse5 Centavos - reverse

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Features

Issuer El Salvador
Issuing bank Central Reserve Bank of El Salvador (Banco Central de Reserva de El Salvador)
Period Republic (1841-date)
Type Standard circulation coin
Years 1944-1952 (1944-1953)
Value 5 Centavos (0.05 SVC)
Currency Colón (1892-date)
Composition Nickel brass (70% Copper, 18% Zinc, 12% Nickel)
Weight 5 g
Diameter 23 mm
Thickness 1.35 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized 1 January 2001
Number
N#
9704
References KM# 134a
Tracy L. Schmidt (editor); 2019. Standard Catalog of World Coins / 2001-Date (14th edition). Krause Publications, Stevens Point, Wisconsin, United States.
And 5 more volumes.

Obverse

Head of Francisco Morazan left, country name at top and date below.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
REPUBLICA DE EL SALVADOR
1948

Translation:
Republic of El Salvador
1948

Reverse

Denomination within wreath

Script: Latin

Lettering:
5
CENTAVOS

Translation: 5 Cents

Edge

Smooth

Mint

United States Mint of San Francisco, United States (1854-date)

Comments

For the 1952 issue, 2,000,000 were minted in 1952 and 2,000,000 were minted in 1953. The two issues are indistinguishable from each other.

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Date Mintage G VG F VF XF AU UNC Frequency
1944  5 000 000 $ 0.42 $ 0.44 $ 1.10 $ 2.90 47%
1948  3 000 000 $ 0.11 $ 0.24 $ 0.92 26%
1950  2 000 000 $ 0.71 $ 0.71 $ 1.20 22%
1952 (1952-1953)  4 000 000 $ 0.08 $ 0.22 $ 0.51 $ 1.10 36%

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