Panama - ½ Centésimo of Balboa 1907

Country: Panama 
Issuing regime: Republic (1903-Date)
Type: Standard Circulation coin
Year: 1907
Value: ½ Centésimo (0.005 PAB)
Currency: Balboa (1904-date)
Metal: Copper-Nickel
Weight: 2.4 g
Diameter: 16 mm
Thickness: 1.58 mm
Mintage: 1,000,000
Grade: XF (Gilded)
Orientation: Coin alignment ↑↓
Demonetized: 31 August 1930
References: KM# 6, Schön# 6

Obverse:
Bust of Balboa facing left surrounded by legend.

Lettering:
REPÚBLICA DE PANAMÁ
DIOS LEY LIBERTAD
1907

Translation:
Republic of Panama
God Law Freedom

Reverse:
Denomination in words in a circle of pearls.

Lettering:
    MEDIO
CENTÉSIMO
      DE
  BALBOA

Translation:
     Half
 Centésimo
     of a
  Balboa

Edge:
Plain.

Mint:
United States Mint, Philadelphia, United States (1792-date).

Comments:
Balboa was a Spaniard, first European who crossed the Isthmus, reached the Pacific by land and discovered the Perlas Archipelago (1513).

Referenz : KM# 6, Schön# 6

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Sammlung : South & Central America coins