It is really odd to me at least that a country........two countries removed from the USA would have our money as their official currency................esp. b/c latinos tend to hate "gringos".....



El Salvador's economy was historically dominated by agriculture, beginning with the indigo plant (añil in Spanish), the most important crop during the colonial period,^[12][13]and followed thereafter by coffee, which by the early 20th century accounted for 90 percent of export earnings.^[9][14] El Salvador has since reduced its dependence on coffee^[15] and embarked on diversifying the economy by opening up trade and financial links and expanding the manufacturing sector. The colón, the official currency of El Salvador since 1892, was replaced by the U.S. dollar in 2001.