El Salvador 1892 centavo

from the Mountain Groan Collection

This scarce type was struck in 1892 for El Salvador as part of the introduction of decimal coinage to that unhappy land. Prior to the Heaton mint one centavos of 1889, El Salvador used various foreign (mostly Guatemalan) and countermarked coins. The series of 1892 included a centavo (bronze, shown here), five, ten, twenty and fifty centavos (silver), one peso, and various gold pieces (all very rare).

Recorded mintage: 182,000.

Specification: copper.

Catalog reference: KM 108.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• Raymond, Wayte, The Coins of Central America, Silver and Copper, 1824-1940, New York: Wayte Raymond Inc., 1941.
• Robinson, Charles, The Coins of Central America, 1733-1965, San Benito, TX: 1965.
• Stickney, Brian, A Monetary History of Central America, New York: American Numismatic Society, 2017.

Link to:

• 1889-H centavo
• 1892 5 centavos
• 1892 10 centavos
• 1892 20 centavos
• 1892 50 centavos, Columbus reverse
• 1892 50 centavos, flag reverse
• 1892 peso, flag reverse
• 1892 peso, Christopher Columbus reverse
• 1892 2½ pesos
• 1892 5 pesos
• 1892 10 pesos
• 1892 20 pesos
• 1893 centavo
• Coins and currency dated 1892
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