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Country: Panama, Republic of
Type: Circulating commemorative coins
Year: 1953
Value: ⅒ Balboa 1953 (0.25 PAB)
Currency: Balboa (1904-date)
Metal: Silver (.900)
Weight: 2.50 g
Diameter: 17.91 mm
Thickness: 1
Mintage: 3,300,000
Grade: AU55+
Orientation: Coin alignment ↑↓
References: KM# 18, Schön# 18
Commemorative issue:
50th anniversary of the Republic of Panama.
Obverse:
The arms of Panama with 9 stars above representing the 9 provinces of the country at that time (there are now 10), with the country name above, the silver content on both sides, and the date below.
Lettering:
REPUBLICA DE PANAMA
PRO MUNDI BENEFICIO
LEY GR.
0.900 2.50
1953
Translation:
Republic of Panama
For the Benefit of the World
0.900 Purity
2.5 Grams
Reverse:
Armored bust wearing a helmet of Vasco Núñez de Balboa, the first European who crossed the Isthmus, reached the Pacific by land and discovered the Perlas Archipelago (1513), facing left surrounded by legend.
Lettering:
UN DECIMO DE BALBOA
*CINCUENTENARIO*
Translation:
One tenth of a Balboa
Fiftieth Anniversary
Edge:
Reeded.
Mint:
Mexican Mint (Casa de Moneda de México), Mexico, Mexico (1535-date).
Comments:
Since its separation from Colombia in 1903, Panama has used the United States Dollar. These coins have the same specifications as the United States Quarter and circulated alongside it.
Reference : KM# 18
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Collection : South & Central America coins