Home -> Coins and banknotes -> Known coins -> Americas -> El Salvador [ Romana] [ English] [ Italiano]

Known coins from El Salvador

(select only values: 1 centavo(11), 2 centavos(1), 3 centavos(3), 5 centavos(12), 10 centavos(10), 20 centavos(1), 25 centavos(10), 50 centavos(5), 1 Colon(6), 1 Peso(3), 5 Colones(3), 25 Colones(1), 150 Colones(2)).

1 centavo
1889 - 1913 [#106]
Cupro-nichel
Head of Francisco Morazan left, date below/Denomination within wreath

3 centavos
1889 - 1913 [#107]
Cupro-nichel
Head of Francisco Morazan left/Denomination within wreath

1 centavo
1892 - 1893 [#108]
Cupru
Liberty cap/Denomination within wreath

5 centavos
1892 - 1893 [#109]
1.25g 835 silver
Arms/Denomination within wreath

10 centavos
1892 [#110]
2.5g 835 silver
Arms/Denomination within wreath

20 centavos
1892 [#111]
5g 835 silver
Arms/Denomination within wreath

50 centavos
1892 [#112]
12.5g 900 silver
Arms/Flag

50 centavos
1892 - 1894 [#113]
12.5g 900 silver
Arms/Columbus left

1 Peso
1892 [#114]
25g 900 silver
Arms/Flag

1 Peso
1892 - 1914 [#115.1]
25g 900 silver
Arms/Columbus bust left

1 Peso
1904 - 1914 [#115.2]
25g 900 silver
Flag draped arms, liberty cap and swords above, dates below/Columbus bust left, denomination below, heavier portrait (wider right shoulder)

25 centavos
1909 [#120]
Bronz
Flag draped arms within wreath, liberty cap on top, swords above cap/Denomination and date within wreath

5 centavos
1911 [#121]
1.25g 835 silver
Arms/Denomination within wreath

10 centavos
1911 [#122]
2.5g 835 silver
Flag draped arms, liberty cap on top, dates below/Denomination within wreath

25 centavos
1911 [#123]
6.25g 835 silver
Flag draped arms, liberty cap above, dates below/Denomination within wreath

5 centavos
1914 [#124]
1.25g 835 silver
Flag draped triangular arms within wreath/Denomination within wreath

10 centavos
1914 [#125]
2.5g 835 silver
Flag draped triangular arms within wreath, dates below/Denomination within wreath

25 centavos
1914 [#126]
6.25g 835 silver
Flag draped triangular arms within wreath, dates below/Denomination within wreath

1 centavo
1915 - 1936 [#127]
Cupro-nichel
Head of Francisco Morazan left, date below/Denomination within wreath

3 centavos
1915 [#128]
Cupro-nichel
Head of Francisco Morazan left, date below/Denomination within wreath

5 centavos
1915 - 1925 [#129]
Cupro-nichel
Head of Francisco Morazan left, date below/Denomination within wreath

10 centavos
1921 - 1972 [#130]
Cupro-nichel
Head of Francisco Morazan left, date below/Denomination within wreath

10 centavos
1952 - 1985 [#130a]
Cupro-nichel-zinc
Head of Francisco Morazan left/Denomination within wreath

1 Colon
1925 [#131]
25g 900 silver
400th Anniversary - San Salvador
Flags flank triangular arms within wreath, denomination below/Alvarado and Quinonez busts left, dates above

1 centavo
1940 [#133]
Cupro-nichel
Head of Francisco Morazan left/Denomination within wreath

5 centavos
1939 - 1974 [#134]
Cupro-nichel
Head of Francisco Morazan left/Denomination within wreath

5 centavos
1944 - 1952 [#134a]
Nickel-silver
Head of Francisco Morazan left, date below/Denomination within wreath

1 centavo
1942 - 1972 [#135.1]
Bronz
Head of Francisco Morazan left, date below/Denomination within wreath

1 centavo
1972 - 1992 [#135.1a]
Bronze clad steel
Head of Francisco Morazan left/Denomination within wreath

1 centavo
1976 - 1977 [#135.2]
Alama
Head of Francisco Morazan left/Denomination within wreath

1 centavo
1981 [#135.2a]
Alama
DH monogram at truncation, smaller Morazan portrait/Denomination in wreath, SM at right base of 1

1 centavo
1986 [#135.2b]
Copper clad steel
DH monogram at truncation, smaller Morazan portrait/Denomination in wreath, SM at right base of 1

1 centavo
1995 [#135.2c]
Brass clad steel
DH monogram at truncation, smaller portrait/Denomination in wreath, SM at right base of 1

25 centavos
1943 - 1944 [#136]
7.5g 900 silver
Head of Francisco Morazan left, date below/Denomination within wreath

25 centavos
1953 [#137]
2.5g 900 silver
Head of Jose Matias Delgado left, date below/Denomination within wreath

50 centavos
1953 [#138]
5g 900 silver
Head of Jose Matias Delgado left, date below/Denomination within wreath

25 centavos
1970 - 1977 [#139]
Nichel
Head of Jose Matias Delgado left, date below/Denomination within wreath

25 centavos
1986 [#139a]
Cupro-nichel
Head of Jose Matias Delgado left/Denomination within wreath

50 centavos
1970 [#140.1]
Nichel
Head of Jose Matias Delgado left, date below/Denomination within wreath

50 centavos
1977 [#140.2]
Nichel
Head of Jose Matias Delgado left/Denomination

1 Colon
1971 [#141]
2.3g 999 silver
150th Anniversary of Independence
Flags flank triangular arms within wreath, bust at right/Salvador Dali image, La Fecundida within circle, denomination below

5 Colones
1971 [#142]
11.5g 999 silver
150th Anniversary of Independence
Flags flank triangular arms within wreath, date below/Liberty statue, CaƱas bust at right, dates at left, denomination below

2 centavos
1974 [#147]
Nickel-brass
Head of Francisco Morazan left/Denomination within wreath

3 centavos
1974 [#148]
Nickel-brass
Head of Francisco Morazan left/Denomination within wreath

5 centavos
1975 - 1986 [#149]
Copper-nickel clad steel
Head of Francisco Morazan left, date below/Denomination within wreath

5 centavos
1976 - 1984 [#149a]
Nickel clad steel
Head of Francisco Morazan left/Denomination within wreath

5 centavos
1977 [#149b]
Cupro-nichel-zinc
Head of Francisco Morazan left/Denomination within wreath

10 centavos
1975 [#150]
Copper-nickel clad steel
Head of Francisco Morazan left date below/Denomination within wreath

10 centavos
1977 [#150a]
Cupro-nichel-zinc
Head of Francisco Morazan left/Denomination within wreath

25 Colones
1977 [#151]
25g 900 silver
18th Annual Governors Assembly
Flags flank triangular arms within wreath, denomination below/First coin of C.A. Federation 1874, date below

1 Colon
1984 - 1985 [#153]
Cupro-nichel
Head of Christopher Columbus left, date below/Denomination within wreath

5 centavos
1987 - 1999 [#154]
Otel inoxidabil
Head of Francisco Morazan left, date below/Denomination within wreath

1 centavo
1988 [#A154]
Otel placat cu alama
Head of Francisco Morazan left/Denomination in wreath

5 centavos
1991 - 1998 [#154a]
Copper-nickel clad steel
Head of Francisco Morazan left/Denomination within wreath

5 centavos
1992 - 1999 [#154b]
Nickel clad steel
Head of Francisco Morazan left, date below/Denomination within wreath

10 centavos
1987 - 1999 [#155]
Otel inoxidabil
Head of Francisco Morazan left date below/Denomination within wreath

10 centavos
1992 - 1994 [#155a]
Nickel clad steel
Head of Francisco Morazan left/Denomination within wreath

10 centavos
1995 - 1999 [#155b]
Copper-nickel clad steel
Head of Francisco Morazan left/Denomination within wreath

1 Colon
1988 - 1999 [#156]
Otel inoxidabil
Head of Christopher Columbus left, date below/Denomination within wreath

1 Colon
1991 [#156a]
Copper-nickel clad steel
Head of Christopher Columbus left/Denomination within wreath

1 Colon
1993 - 1999 [#156b]
Nickel clad steel
Head of Christopher Columbus left/Denomination within wreath

25 centavos
1988 - 1999 [#157]
Otel inoxidabil
Head of Jose Matias Delgado left, date below/Denomination within wreath

25 centavos
1992 - 1995 [#157a]
Copper-nickel clad steel
Bust of Jose Matias Delgado left/Denomination

25 centavos
1993 - 1999 [#157b]
Nickel clad steel
Head of Jose Matias Delgado left, date below/Denomination within wreath

150 Colones
1992 [#158]
25g 900 silver
Union for Peace
Four clasped hands, date below/Denomination within wreath

150 Colones
1992 [#160]
25g 900 silver
Discovery of America
Columbus ships and world map, date below/Denomination within wreath

5 Colones
1997 [#162]
Bimetal
Columbus ships sailing west on world map within circle, date below/Denomination within circle, wreath surrounds

5 Colones
2000 [#163]
Bimetal
Y2K motif/Denomination

See also:

Total of 68 coins from El Salvador in my personal collection.