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1 Colón
| Issuer | Banco Occidental |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Value | 1 Colón |
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| Obverse description | Blue intaglio note with an ornate guilloche border frame. The central vignette presents two allegorical female figures seated with a large numeral '1' to each side, above the bank title 'BANCO OCCIDENTAL' in bold lettering and the obligation 'PAGARÁ A LA VISTA AL PORTADOR'. The date '1° de Mayo de 1920' and place 'San Salvador' appear at the lower left, with the denomination 'UN COLON EN MONEDA ACUÑADA DE P.40' inscribed along the lower centre, and serial number and 'SERIE A' repeated on both upper corners. |
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| Reverse description | Red-orange intaglio note with a central portrait of a male figure, likely a historical or allegorical personage, set within an oval vignette at centre. To the left, the Salvadoran national coat of arms is rendered in detail within a circular guilloche cartouche. The bank name 'OCCIDENTAL' is inscribed in large letters across the lower centre, with the numeral '1' repeated in each corner. A manuscript cancellation stamp reading 'TÓMOSE RAZÓN' and a handwritten date 'San Salvador, 19 de febrero de 1895' appear as an archival endorsement across the face. |
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Banco Occidental was one of El Salvador's provincial private banks authorized to issue currency under the 1880 banking law — an arrangement that persisted until the Banco Central de Reserva de El Salvador was established in 1934 and the private banks lost their right of issue. ABNC handled most of the serious Latin American private bank work of this period, and the S191 series reflects that relationship.
By 1920 the writing was already on the wall for institutions like Banco Occidental. This note was printed just a few years before Salvadoran monetary consolidation began in earnest.