El Salvador 1947 centavo

from the Mountain Groan Collection

This centavo was minted at various US mints for El Salvador 1942-47, 1951-52, 1956, 1966-72. The issues dated 1947, 1951 and 1952 were produced at the San Francisco Mint. On the obverse of the coin is the image of Francisco Morazán, who defeated Guatemalan attempts to conquer Central America, thereby establishing Salvadoran independence.

Recorded mintage: 5,000,000.

Specification: bronze, 2.5 g, 15 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM 139.1.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.

Link to:

• 1945 centavo
• 1943 25 centavos
• 1951 centavo
• Coins and currency dated 1947
• return to El Salvador