Salvadoran colón

1 USD = 8.75 SVC ( fix) 1 EUR = 11.9875 SVC 100 SVC = 8.342 EUR

The El Salvador Colon (plural colones ) was from 1919 to 2001 the currency of El Salvador. It replaced the peso. The Colón was named after Cristóbal Colón, the Spanish name of the explorer Christopher Columbus. Colloquially, the term peso has retained.

The currency symbol is ₡ (Unicode: U 20 A1 colon sign ).

Since 2001, the Colón is replaced by the U.S. dollar in the fixed ratio of 8,75:1. Although indefinitely, the currency exchange is de facto already been completed, as the central bank since 2001, does not issue a new colones more and all incoming with her Colones retains. The last Salvadoran banknote series consisted of denominations of 5, 10, 25, 50, 100 and 200 colones.