5 Centesimos Pattern, Uniface Reverse, Piefort

Pattern piefort strikings from Panama's 1982 series were produced almost certainly for official presentation purposes, a practice common among Latin American mints in the late 20th century when central banks sought to court collectors and generate hard currency revenue. The uniface reverse — struck on one face only — is a deliberate feature of piefort pattern production, not a minting error, allowing the full weight and depth of the planchet to register on a single die face. KM#TS3 places this among a small group of test strikes from that year, none of which entered circulation.