El Salvador - 1 Peso 1892 - Cristóbal Colón

Country: El Salvador
Period: Republic (1841-Date)
Type: Standard circulation coin
Year: 1892 (1892-1914) 
Value: 1 Peso (1 SVC)
Currency: Colón (1892-Date)
Metal: Silver (.900) (Copper .100)
Weight: 24.8 g.
Diameter: 37 mm
Thickness: 2.5 mm
Mintage: 250,500
Grade: XF/AU
Orientation: Medal alignment ↑↑
Reference: KM# 115

Obverse:
Bust of Christopher Columbus left. With name at top, value and legend at bottom.

Lettering:
•CRISTÓBAL COLÓN•
UN PESO
AMÉRICA CENTRAL

Translation:
Christopher Columbus
One Peso
Central America

Reverse:
Old national arms, with legend at top, fineness, mint and date at bottom.

Lettering:
REPUBLICA DEL SALVADOR
900 C.A.M. 1911

Translation: Republic of El Salvador

Edge:
Reeded.

Mints:
C.A.M. → Central American Mint, San Salvador, El Salvador (1892-1896)
C.A.M. → Royal Mint of Belgium, Brussels, Belgium (983-2017)
C.A.M. →    United States Mint of Philadelphia, United States (1792-date)
C.A.M. → United States Mint of San Francisco, United States (1854-date)

Comments:
Although denominated in Pesos, this coin was issued after the Salvadoran currency had officially been renamed the Colón.

All coins bear the C.A.M. mint mark, but they were minted by different mints:

KM#115.1 - Central American Mint and Monnaie Royale de Belgique. Of the coins dated 1904, 400,000 were minted by the Royal Belgian Mint.
KM#115.2 - U.S. Mints - Heavier portrait, wider right shoulder. For the 1914 issue, 510,993 were minted in Philadelphia and 511,108 were minted in San Francisco.

The 1914 Belgian issue was remelted due to the German invasion of Belgium in 1914.

Referenz : KM# 115

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Sammlung : South & Central America coins