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10 Colones
| Issuer | Banco Agrícola Comercial |
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| Year | 1922 |
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| Printer | American Bank Note Company |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in black, green, and red, with a central vignette of a classical government or civic building in San Salvador rendered in fine intaglio line engraving. Ornate guilloche rosettes in red appear at left and right, each overprinted with the numeral '10'. The bank title 'BANCO AGRÍCOLA COMERCIAL' arches across the top, with the denomination 'DIEZ COLONES EN MONEDA AGUÑADA DE ORO' displayed in an elaborate cartouche at the bottom center, and signature lines for Gerente, Injector, and Cajero appear along the lower margin. |
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| Reverse lettering | BANCO AGRÍCOLA COMERCIAL X 10 AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY |
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The Banco Agrícola Comercial was one of El Salvador's three major private issuing banks operating before the government consolidated currency authority under the Banco Central de Reserva in 1934. This 1922 note predates that nationalization by over a decade, placing it firmly in the era of competitive private issuance when each bank printed and backed its own circulating paper.
ABNC produced this series from its New York facilities — the company's work for Central American clients during the 1920s was technically accomplished, with detailed intaglio printing typical of their export contracts.