אל סלוודור – El Salvador

אל סלוודור                    
Since El Salvador became an independent nation in 1838, it has made use of multiple types of currency . When El Salvador attained independence in the 1830s, it informally used the macaco as its currency. These silver coins were often minted in other countries, but were not established as El Salvador’s official currency until 1856. El Salvador made wide use of the Spanish peso as well . El Salvador issued its own currency, the real, first in the form of silver coins and then in paper currency starting in 1877 . In 1892, the Monetary Law was revised resulting in the official currency being changed from peso to colon . The first time El Salvador minted its own currency was in 1877 . in 1883, the peso was adopted as El Salvador’s currency replacing the macaco . The colon was the currency of El Salvador for over 60 years . 1892 to 2001; its symbol is a C with two slashes running through it. The El Salvador colón was made up of 100 centavos .