EL SALVADOR

The Republic of El Salvador is a central american country bordered by Guatemala and Honduras. San Salvador is the capital city. El Salvador gained independence fro Spain in 1821 and left the central american federation in 1839. A treaty was signed in 1992 to end a bloody civil war, the treaty allowed for some political and military reforms. In 2001, the central bank established the US dollar as the accounting unit and have announced that they intend withdrawing all other notes and coins.

monetary unit: 1 colon = 100 centavos (1919 - 2001)

The note above is a 1 colon note from 1966 but with a overprint on the back from July 1967, which is quite normal as they seemed to reissue notes regularly at that point. the building at the front is the central bank, while on the reverse is a portrait of Christopher Columbus

COSTA RICA

The Republic of Costa Rica is a country in central america with its capital being San Jose . The Spanish colonised part of Costa Rica in 1563 and remained there up until 1821, when a group of countries declared independence from Spain. Costa Rica initially joined the united provinces of central america but it desolved in 1838 when Costa Rica declared full independence.

Monetary units

1 Colon = 100 centimos

This is a smashing note and one of the first ones I had from central america. its a 5 Colon note from 1990 and the front has Rafael Yglesias Castro and some flowers but its the colourful back that I love the reds and blues of the dresses are stunning - can you tell I like this note !!