1991 El Salvador Colon

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No new finds. No coin experiments. Nothing news worthy. So back to the vault, we were still in the E countries. Yes, El Salvador is up now and that means The Salvador in English.

REPUBLICA DE EL SALVADOR (REPUBLIC OF EL SALVADOR) 1991 CRISTOBAL COLON (CHRISTOPHER COLOMBUS)

1 COLON

One interesting thing about this coin is that the previous 1 colon was stainless steel then for one year it was copper-nickel clad steel. I assume they saw copper getting expensive and then went to nickel clad steel. As America contemplates changing coin composition steel is a great option since steel is still produced in country. Plus you can coat steel with current coin metals and still make them work in vending machines.

Here's the stats...
Type/Country: 1 Colon / El Salvador
Year: 1991
Mintage: Unknown
Metal: Copper-Nickel Clad Steel
Value: $0.20 in Fine

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