El Salvador 1894-CAM peso

from the Stack's Bowers 2022 NYINC sale, lot 6761

This type was struck for El Salvador 1892-96, 1904, 1908, 1911 and 1914. It is fairly common in circulated condition and is accompanied by silver five, ten, twenty and fifty centavos. This specimen was lot 6761 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2022), where it sold for $120. The catalog description^[1] noted, "EL SALVADOR. Peso, 1894-CAM. Central American (San Salvador) Mint. PCGS Genuine--Cleaned, AU Details. A charming issue with bright surfaces and some almond patina hear the outer edges. Despite the noted cleaning, a lovely piece."

Recorded mintage: 2,249,800.

Specification: 25 g, 0.900 fine silver, .723 troy oz ASW.

Catalog reference: KM-115.1.

Source:

• Elizondo, Carlos A., Eight Reales and Pesos of the New World, San Antonio, TX: 1968.
• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The 2022 NYINC Sale: World and Ancient Coins, featuring the Mark and Lottie Salton Collection and the Pat Johnson Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2021.

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• 1892 centavo
• 1892 5 centavos
• 1892 peso, flag reverse
• 1892 2½ pesos
• 1892 5 pesos
• 1892 10 pesos
• 1892 20 centavos
• 1892 peso, flag
• 1893 peso
• 1894 50 centavos
• 1895 peso
• Coins and currency dated 1894