Banco Occidental Currency & Banknote Values

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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.

__ 189_ (10 08 1891, 20 03 1895) Sig unknown Santa Ana place of issue Series A s/n 000,001 - 050,000

__ 1905 (25 05 1905) Sig unknown s/n 050,001 - 080,000

Date line removed s/n 080,001 - 120,000

s/n 120,001 - 130,000

Sig 3: Velado/Bloom/Kurtz Series C s/n 130,001 - 170,000

Diciembre de 1914 Sig 6: Mejía/Bloom/Montis San Salvador place of issue Series D s/n 000,001 - 100,000

Enero de 1915 Series E s/n 100,001 - 120,000

Diciembre 1917 Sig unknown Series F s/n 120,001 - 140,000

1o de Junio de 1918 Sig unknown Series G s/n 140,001 - 160,000

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

Two diagonal red SPECIMEN ovpts front; no date; all-zero s/n

Value Range: $900 - $900

$900 - $900

Two horizontal red SPECIMEN ovpts front; no date; no sig ; all-zero s/n

Value Range: $900 - $900

$900 - $900

Two horizontal red SPECIMEN ovpts front; no sig ; all-zero s/n

Value Range: $900 - $900

$900 - $900

Separate front/back on card stock; no ovpt; no perf; no date; no sig ; no s/n; San Salvador place of issue

Value Range: $300 - $300

$300 - $300

__ 189_ (01 01 1893, 01 07 1893) Sig unknown Santa Ana place of issue Series B s/n 000,001 - 030,000

__ 1905 (25 05 1905) Sig unknown Series B s/n 030,001 - 045,000

Date line removed Series B s/n 045,001 - 055,000

Series D s/n 055,001 - 075,000

__ 19__ San Salvador place of issue Series B s/n 075,001 - 095,000

Date line removed Series C s/n 095,001 - 105,000

Diciembre 1917 Sig 6: Mejía/Bloom/Montis Series D s/n 105,001 - 125,000

Value Range: $1,650 - $1,650

$1,650 - $1,650

Series E s/n 125,001 - 145,000

Diagonal red SPECIMEN ovpt front; no date; no sig ; all-zero s/n

Value Range: $1,200 - $1,200

$1,200 - $1,200

Two diagonal red SPECIMEN ovpts front; no date; no sig ; all-zero s/n

Value Range: $1,200 - $1,200

$1,200 - $1,200

Two horizontal red SPECIMEN ovpts front; no date; no sig ; all-zero s/n

Value Range: $1,000 - $1,000

$1,000 - $1,000

Two diagonal red SPECIMEN ovpts front; no date; no sig ; all-zero s/n

Value Range: $900 - $900

$900 - $900

Separate front/back on card stock; no ovpt; no perf; no date; no sig ; no s/n

Value Range: $425 - $425

$425 - $425

__ 189_ Sig unknown Santa Ana place of issue Series C s/n 000,001 - 020,000

__ 19__ Sig 6: Mejía/Bloom/Montis San Salvador place of issue Series C s/n 020,001 - 036,000

1o de Junio de 1918 Date line removed Sig unknown Series D s/n 036,001 - 040,000

Separate front/back on card stock; no ovpt; no perf; no date; no sig ; all-zero s/n

Value Range: $600 - $600

$600 - $600

Separate front/back on card stock; no ovpt; no perf; no date; no sig ; no s/n

Value Range: $600 - $600

$600 - $600

Two horizontal red SPECIMEN ovpts front; no date; no sig ; all-zero s/n

Separate front/back on card stock; no ovpt; no perf; no date; no sig ; all-zero s/n

Value Range: $600 - $600

$600 - $600

Two diagonal red SPECIMEN ovpts front; no date; all-zero s/n

Two horizontal red SPECIMEN ovpts front; no sig ; all-zero s/n

__ 189_ Sig unknown Santa Ana place of issue Series F s/n 000,001 - 004,000 Orange front/back

__ 189_ Sig unknown Santa Ana place of issue Series F s/n 000,001 - 006,000 Purple front/back

Diciembre 1917 Sig unknown San Salvador place of issue Series G s/n 006,001 - 010,000

Date unknown Sig unknown Series H s/n 010,001 - 014,000

Separate front/back on card stock; no ovpt; no perf; no date; no sig ; no s/n

Horizontal red SPECIMEN ovpt front; no date; no sig ; all-zero s/n

Black, yellow, and purple; separate front/back on card stock; no ovpt; no perf; no date; no sig ; no s/n

Separate front/back on card stock; no ovpt; no perf; no date; no sig ; no s/n

Black and purple; separate front/back on card stock; no ovpt; no perf; no date; no sig ; no s/n

Black and maroon; separate front/back on card stock; no ovpt; no perf; no date; no sig ; no s/n

Black, yellow, purple, and orange; separate front/back on card stock; no ovpt; no perf; no date; no sig ; no s/n

Value Range: $550 - $550

$550 - $550

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

__ 189_ Sig unknown Santa Ana place of issue Series D s/n 000,001 - 013,000

__ 19__ Sig unknown Series D s/n 013,001 - 018,000

__ 19__ Sig 6: Mejía/Bloom/Montis San Salvador place of issue Series D s/n 018,001 - 018,100

FEBRERO DE 1916 Date line removed Series D s/n 018,101 - 022,100

Date unknown Sig unknown Series E s/n 022,101 - 023,100

1o de Junio de 1918 Sig unknown Series F s/n 023,101 - 027,100

Sig unknown Series G s/n 027,101 - 029,100

1o de Setiembre de 1919 Sig unknown Series H s/n 029,101 - 039,100

Separate front/back on card stock; no ovpt; no perf; no date; no sig ; no s/n

Value Range: $700 - $700

$700 - $700

Diagonal red SPECIMEN ovpt front; no date; no sig ; all-zero s/n

Value Range: $2,000 - $2,000

$2,000 - $2,000

Diagonal red SPECIMEN ovpt front; no date; no sig ; 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

Two horizontal red SPECIMEN ovpts front; all-zero s/n

Value Range: $1,750 - $1,750

$1,750 - $1,750

Separate front/back on card stock; no ovpt; no perf; no date; no sig ; no s/n

Value Range: $600 - $600

$600 - $600

__ 189_ Sig unknown Santa Ana place of issue Series E s/n 000,001 - 001,000

Separate front/back on card stock; no ovpt; no perf; no date; no sig ; no s/n

Value Range: $600 - $600

$600 - $600

Two horizontal red SPECIMEN ovpts front; no date; no sig ; all-zero s/n

Value Range: $1,750 - $1,750

$1,750 - $1,750

__ 189_ Sig unknown Series G s/n 030,001 - 050,000

Separate front/back; no ovpt; no perf; no date; no sig ; all-zero s/n

Value Range: $650 - $650

$650 - $650

Separate front/back on card stock; no ovpt; no perf; no date; no sig ; no s/n

Value Range: $650 - $650

$650 - $650

SETIEMBRE 30 de 1899 Sig 1: Unknown/Unknown/Unknown Series H s/n 000,001 - 100,000 (B408a/b)

Value Range: $200.00 - $650

$200.00 - $650

Sig 2: Unknown/Unknown/Unknown

Separate front/back on card stock; no ovpt; no perf; no date; no sig ; all-zero s/n

Value Range: $450 - $450

$450 - $450

Horizontal red SPECIMEN ovpt front; no date; no sig ; all-zero s/n

Value Range: $700 - $700

$700 - $700

NOVIEMBRE DE 1907 Sig 4: Velado/Bloom/Gotay Series J s/n 100,001 - 200,000

Separate front/back on card stock; no ovpt; no perf; no date; no sig ; all-zero s/n

Two horizontal red SPECIMEN ovpts front; no date; no sig ; all-zero s/n

Value Range: $750 - $750

$750 - $750

DICIEMBRE DE 1910 Sig 3: Velado/Bloom/Kurtz Series K Red s/n 200,001 - 300,000

Value Range: $250.00 - $500

$250.00 - $500

Noviembre de 1914 Sig 6: Mejía/Bloom/Montis Series L Blue s/n 000,001 - 400,000

Value Range: $200.00 - $450

$200.00 - $450

Mayo 31 de 1917 Series M s/n 000,001 - 150,000

Value Range: $200.00 - $450

$200.00 - $450

Two horizontal red SPECIMEN ovpts front; no date; no sig ; all-zero s/n

Value Range: $500 - $500

$500 - $500

Diagonal red SPECIMEN ovpt front; no date; no sig ; all-zero s/n

Value Range: $500 - $500

$500 - $500

Separate front/back on card stock; no ovpt; no perf; no date; no sig ; no s/n

Value Range: $450 - $450

$450 - $450

No date Sig 5: Velado/Bloom/Montis Series L

MAYO DE 1914

Value Range: $400 - $1,100

$400 - $1,100

01 06 1913, 00 10 1913 Sig 5: Velado/Bloom/Montis Series A

00 07 1916, 01 06 1918 Sig 6: Mejía/Bloom/Montis Series B

Value Range: $450 - $450

$450 - $450

No ovpt; no perf; no s/n

1o de MAYO de 1920 Sig 8: Mejía/Bloom/Schilling Handwritten sig lower right front Series A s/n 000,001 - 900,000

Value Range: $100.00 - $350

$100.00 - $350

Printed sig lower right front

Value Range: $100.00 - $350

$100.00 - $350

Separate front/back on card stock; no ovpt; no perf; no date; no sig ; no s/n

Value Range: $300 - $300

$300 - $300

Two diagonal red SPECIMEN ovpts front; no sig ; all-zero s/n

Value Range: $350 - $350

$350 - $350

1o de Mayo de 1920 Sig 8: Mejía/Bloom/Schilling Series A s/n 000,001 - 300,000

Separate front/back on card stock; no ovpt; no perf; no date; no sig ; no s/n

Value Range: $350 - $350

$350 - $350

Separate front/back on card stock; no ovpt; no perf; no date; no sig ; all-zero s/n

Value Range: $350 - $350

$350 - $350

Two diagonal red SPECIMEN ovpts front; no sig ; all-zero s/n

1o de MAYO de 1920 Sig 8: Mejía/Bloom/Schilling Series A s/n 000,001 - 100,000

Separate front/back on card stock; no ovpt; no perf; no date; no sig ; no s/n

Value Range: $350 - $350

$350 - $350

Two diagonal red SPECIMEN ovpts front; no sig ; all-zero s/n

Value Range: $500 - $500

$500 - $500

1o de Enero de 1929 Sig 8: Mejía/Bloom/Schilling Series B s/n 0,900,001 - 1,200,000

Value Range: $50.00 - $250.00

$50.00 - $250.00

Separate front/back on card stock; no ovpt; no perf; no date; no sig ; no s/n

Value Range: $350 - $350

$350 - $350

Separate monochrome (green) front/back proofs on card stock; no ovpt; no perf; no date; no sig ; no s/n

Value Range: $250.00 - $250.00

$250.00 - $250.00

Separate front/back on card stock; no ovpt; no perf; no date; no sig ; all-zero s/n

Value Range: $350 - $350

$350 - $350

Two diagonal red SPECIMEN ovpts front; no sig ; all-zero s/n

Value Range: $500 - $500

$500 - $500

1o de Noviembre de 1926 Sig 8: Mejía/Bloom/Schilling Series B s/n 300,001 - 500,000

Value Range: $75.00 - $500

$75.00 - $500

1o de Enero de 1929 Series C s/n 500,001 - 650,000

Value Range: $65.00 - $450

$65.00 - $450

Separate front/back on card stock; no ovpt; no perf; no date; no sig ; no s/n

Value Range: $300 - $300

$300 - $300

Two diagonal red SPECIMEN ovpts front; no sig ; all-zero s/n

Value Range: $350 - $350

$350 - $350

Two diagonal red SPECIMEN ovpts front; no sig ; all-zero s/n

Value Range: $350 - $350

$350 - $350

1o de NOVIEMBRE de 1926 Sig 8: Mejía/Bloom/Schilling Series B s/n 100,001 - 300,000

Value Range: $175.00 - $650

$175.00 - $650

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

Separate front/back on card stock; no ovpt; no perf; no date; no sig ; no s/n

Value Range: $350 - $350

$350 - $350

Separate monochrome (green) front/back proofs on card stock; no ovpt; no perf; no date; no sig ; no s/n

Separate front/back proofs; no ovpt; no perf; no date; no sig ; all-zero s/n

Value Range: $350 - $350

$350 - $350

1o de Septiembre de 1925 Sig 8: Mejía/Bloom/Schilling Series A s/n 000,001 - 100,000

Value Range: $300 - $300

$300 - $300

Separate front/back on card stock; no ovpt; no perf; no date; no sig ; no s/n

Value Range: $350 - $350

$350 - $350

Separate front/back proofs; no ovpt; no perf; no date; no sig ; all-zero s/n

Value Range: $350 - $350

$350 - $350

No ovpt; no perf; no s/n; annotations

Two diagonal red SPECIMEN ovpts front; all-zero s/n

Value Range: $800 - $800

$800 - $800

1o de Enero de 1929 Sig 8: Mejía/Bloom/Schilling Series A s/n 000,001 - 032,000

Value Range: $550 - $1,500

$550 - $1,500

Separate front/back on card stock; no ovpt; no perf; no date; no sig ; no s/n

Value Range: $450 - $450

$450 - $450

Two diagonal red SPECIMEN ovpts front; all-zero s/n

Value Range: $900 - $900

$900 - $900

1o de SEPTIEMBRE de 1924 Sig 8: Mejía/Bloom/Schilling Series A s/n 000,001 - 020,000

1o de ENERO de 1929 Series B s/n 020,001 - 030,000

Value Range: $1,650 - $1,650

$1,650 - $1,650

Separate front/back proofs; no ovpt; no perf; no date; no sig ; all-zero s/n

Value Range: $500 - $500

$500 - $500

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

Separate front/back on card stock; no ovpt; no perf; no date; no sig ; no s/n

1o de Enero de 1925 Sig 8: Mejía/Bloom/Schilling Series A s/n 000,001 - 002,000

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

Separate front/back proofs; no ovpt; no perf; no date; no sig ; all-zero s/n

Value Range: $550 - $550

$550 - $550

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