Compare that with the fact that there are over 300,000 El Salvadoreans in the DC area alone........from a country with a pop. of 6 million..............odd............

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These silver coins were often minted in other countries, but were not established as El Salvador's official currency until 1856. El Salvador made wide use of the  ...

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The colón was the currency of El Salvador between 1892 and 2001 until it was replaced by the US Dollar. El Salvador left the gold standard in 1931 and the value of the Colón floated.

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The colón, the official currency of El Salvador since 1892, was replaced by the U.S. dollar in 2001.

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