Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
1 Balboa
| Issuer | Panama |
|---|---|
| Year | 1980 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Balboa (1904-date) |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Log in to see details |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Latin |
| Obverse lettering | REPUBLICA DE PANAMA ★★★★★★★★★ PRO MUNDI BENEFICIO LEY 0.500 FM · · 1 BALBOA · · (Translation: Republic of Panama For the Benefit of the World 0.500 Purity) |
| Reverse description | Log in to see details |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Log in to see details |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Additional information |
Panama's balboa has never physically circulated in paper form — the country uses U.S. dollars for banknotes while minting its own coinage at parity. The 1 balboa pieces of this period were struck largely for collector sales rather than commerce, a revenue strategy the Panamanian government leaned on heavily after the Canal Zone agreements of 1977 reshaped the country's fiscal relationship with Washington.
The .500 fineness on this type replaced earlier 40% silver issues, then was itself discontinued as silver content became economically untenable by the early 1980s.