The colón (named after Christopher Columbus, known as Cristóbal Colón in Spanish) is the currency of El Salvador. It is also the name of Costa Rica's currency (see Costa Rican colón). Its ISO 4217 code is SVC. No authentic contemporary portrait of Columbus has been found; this late 19th-century engraving is one of many conjectural images For information about the director, see the article on Chris Columbus. ... El Salvador (Spanish for The Savior) is a republic in Central America with a population of approximately 6. ... The Republic of Costa Rica is a republic in Central America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north and Panama to the south-southeast. ... The colón (named after Christopher Columbus, known as Cristóbal Colón in Spanish) is the currency of Costa Rica. ... ISO 4217 is an international standard describing three letter codes to define the names of currencies established by the International Organization for Standardization or ISO. The first two letters of the code are the two letters of ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country codes (which are similar to those used...

The colón is divided into 100 centavos. The plural is colones in Spanish, but English-speakers often say colons instead. The United States dollar is also legal tender at an exchange rate of 8.75 colónes to the dollar. No more colones are being produced, and the economy is expected to eventually be entirely dollarized. The United States dollar is the official currency of the United States. ... Dollarization occurs when the inhabitants of a country use foreign currency in parallel to or instead of the domestic currency. ...

At the time that the dollar was adopted, banknotes being produced were 1, 2, 5, 10, 25, 50, 100, and 200 colones. A £20 Ulster Bank banknote. ...

History

The early inhabitants of what is now El Salvador used the cacao bean as a currency, counting in cacoa equal to 400 beans. The Spanish introduced the real, but the cacoa continued in use at the rate of 200 beans to the real. During the days of the United States of Central America, the currency in use was the peso (equal to 8 reales). In 1883, the currency was decimalized, with the peso revalued at 10 reales. Binomial name Theobroma cacao L. Cacao (Theobroma cacao) is a small (4-8 m tall) evergreen tree in the family Sterculiaceae, native to tropical South America, but now cultivated throughout the tropics. ... The United Provinces of Central America (UPCA) was a country that existed in Central America from July 1823 to approximately 1840. ... Peso is the name of the currency of various countries: Argentina: Argentine peso (ISO 4217: ARS) Chile: Chilean peso (CLP) Colombia: Colombian peso (COP) Cuba: Cuban peso (CUP) Dominican Republic: Dominican peso (DOP) Mexico: Mexican peso (MXN, previously MXP) Philippines: Philippine peso (PHP) Uruguay: Uruguayan peso (UYU) In Spanish peso... Events January January 16 - The United States Civil service, is passed January 19 - The first electric lighting system employing overhead wires begins service (Roselle, New Jersey) It was built by Thomas Edison. ...

On August 28, 1892, the Salvadoran mint was established. On October 1 of that same year, the government changed the name to colón to commemorate the 400th anniversary of Columbus' discovery of America. At the time, the value was set at 0.5 US dollars. August 28 is the 240th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (241st in leap years), with 125 days remaining. ... 1892 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... October 1 is the 274th day of the year (275th in Leap years). ... The Americas (sometimes referred to as America) is the area including the land mass located between the Pacific Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean, generally divided into North America and South America. ...

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