El Salvador 1952 10 centavos

from the Mountain Groan Collection

This centavo was minted for El Salvador 1921-72. The issues dated 1921, El Salvador 1925 10 centavos|1925]], 1940, 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: 2,000,000.

Specification: copper-nickel-zinc, 7 g, 26 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM 130a.

Source:

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

Link to:

• 1925 10 centavos
• 1952 centavo
• 1953 25 centavos
• 1953 50 centavos
• 1956 centavo
• Coins and currency dated 1952
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