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1/2 Balboa Pattern, Uniface Obverse, Piefort
| Issuer | Banco Nacional de Panamá |
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| Year | 1982 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Uniface reverse presenting a completely blank, unadorned field enclosed by a raised rim. No design, inscription, or device of any kind appears on this face, consistent with the uniface piefort pattern classification of this piece. |
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Panama's 1982 pattern issues were produced in connection with the country's broader commemorative coinage program of that period, with piefort strikes serving as presentation pieces for official distribution rather than currency trials in any practical sense. A uniface piefort in .400 gold occupies an unusual technical middle ground — the alloy is too low for standard fine gold issues but consistent with certain Latin American pattern and essai conventions of the era.
KM#TS9 is among the rarer catalogued Panamanian pattern entries, with documented examples appearing infrequently at auction.