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Values / World Currency / El Salvador / Banco Occidental

The Greysheet Catalog (GSID) of the Banco Occidental series of El Salvador in the World Currency contains 134 distinct entries with CPG® values between $50.00 and $3,000.00. On 14 November 1889, the Banco Occidental (Western Bank) was founded as the nation’s third bank by French investor

The Greysheet Catalog (GSID) of the Banco Occidental series of El Salvador in the World Currency contains 134 distinct entries with CPG® values between $50.00 and $3,000.00.

On 14 November 1889, the Banco Occidental (Western Bank) was founded as the nation’s third bank by French investor Leon Dreyfus and Colombian doctor and coffee grower Dr. Emilio Álvarez Lalinde with 500,000 pesos in capital. The bank’s president was American banker Benjamin Bloom, whose printed signature appears at lower center front on all notes issued by the Banco Occidental.

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 Two horizontal red SPECIMEN ovpts front; no date; all-zero s/n
Value Range: $1,200 - $1,200
$1,200 - $1,200
 Two horizontal red SPECIMEN ovpts front; no date; all-zero s/n
Value Range: $1,200 - $1,200
$1,200 - $1,200

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 Two horizontal red SPECIMEN ovpts front; no sig ; all-zero s/n
Value Range: $2,000 - $2,000
$2,000 - $2,000
 Two horizontal red SPECIMEN ovpts front; no sig ; no s/n
Value Range: $2,000 - $2,000
$2,000 - $2,000

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 Two horizontal red SPECIMEN ovpts front; all-zero s/n
Value Range: $1,750 - $1,750
$1,750 - $1,750
 Two horizontal red SPECIMEN ovpts front; all-zero s/n
Value Range: $1,750 - $1,750
$1,750 - $1,750
 Two horizontal red SPECIMEN ovpts front; all-zero s/n
Value Range: $1,750 - $1,750
$1,750 - $1,750

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 Mayo 31 de 1917 Series M s/n 000,001 - 150,000
Value Range: $200.00 - $450
$200.00 - $450
 MAYO DE 1914
Value Range: $400 - $1,100
$400 - $1,100

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 Printed sig lower right front
Value Range: $100.00 - $350
$100.00 - $350
 1o de Enero de 1929 Series C s/n 500,001 - 650,000
Value Range: $65.00 - $450
$65.00 - $450
 1o de ENERO de 1929 Series C s/n 300,001 - 400,000
Value Range: $175.00 - $600
$175.00 - $600
 Diagonal red SPECIMEN ovpt front; all-zero s/n
Value Range: $500 - $500
$500 - $500
 Two diagonal red SPECIMEN ovpts front; all-zero s/n
Value Range: $800 - $800
$800 - $800
 Two diagonal red SPECIMEN ovpts front; all-zero s/n
Value Range: $900 - $900
$900 - $900
 1o de ENERO de 1929 Series B s/n 020,001 - 030,000
Value Range: $1,650 - $1,650
$1,650 - $1,650
 Diagonal red SPECIMEN ovpt front; all-zero s/n
Value Range: $1,000 - $1,000
$1,000 - $1,000
 Diagonal red SPECIMEN ovpt front; all-zero s/n
Value Range: $1,000 - $1,000
$1,000 - $1,000
 1o de Enero de 1929 Series B s/n 002,001 - 004,000
Value Range: $2,000 - $3,000
$2,000 - $3,000
 Diagonal red SPECIMEN ovpt front; all-zero s/n
Value Range: $1,200 - $1,200
$1,200 - $1,200

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1929 $10 Type 2 (Fr. 1801-2)

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