Banco Occidental Currency & Banknote Values

Banknote Book® Price Guide

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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__ 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

$1,200 - $1,200

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

$1,200 - $1,200

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

$900 - $900

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

$900 - $900

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

$900 - $900

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

$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

$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

$1,200 - $1,200

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

$1,200 - $1,200

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

$1,000 - $1,000

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

$900 - $900

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

$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

$600 - $600

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

$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

$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

$550 - $550

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

$2,000 - $2,000

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

$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

$700 - $700

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

$2,000 - $2,000

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

$1,750 - $1,750

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

$1,750 - $1,750

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

$1,750 - $1,750

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

$1,750 - $1,750

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

$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

$600 - $600

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

$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

$650 - $650

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

$650 - $650

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

$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

$450 - $450

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

$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

$750 - $750

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

$250.00 - $500

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

$200.00 - $450

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

$200.00 - $450

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

$500 - $500

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

$500 - $500

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

$450 - $450

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

MAYO DE 1914

$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

$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

$100.00 - $350

Printed sig lower right front

$100.00 - $350

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

$300 - $300

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

$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

$350 - $350

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

$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

$350 - $350

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

$500 - $500

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

$50.00 - $250.00

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

$350 - $350

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

$250.00 - $250.00

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

$350 - $350

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

$500 - $500

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

$75.00 - $500

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

$65.00 - $450

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

$300 - $300

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

$350 - $350

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

$350 - $350

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

$175.00 - $650

1o de ENERO de 1929 Series C s/n 300,001 - 400,000

$175.00 - $600

Diagonal red SPECIMEN ovpt front; all-zero s/n

$500 - $500

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

$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

$350 - $350

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

$300 - $300

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

$350 - $350

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

$350 - $350

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

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

$800 - $800

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

$550 - $1,500

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

$450 - $450

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

$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

$1,650 - $1,650

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

$500 - $500

Diagonal red SPECIMEN ovpt front; all-zero s/n

$1,000 - $1,000

Diagonal red SPECIMEN ovpt front; all-zero s/n

$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

$2,000 - $3,000

Diagonal red SPECIMEN ovpt front; all-zero s/n

$1,200 - $1,200

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

$550 - $550

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