Coin catalog › Coins (Theme: Colonisation, Year: 1973)

½ Balboa (Vasco Núñez de Balboa, "Medio")

Country:

Panama

Series:

1929~Today - Republic (2nd Circulation)

Catalog codes:

CopyWrong

Variants:

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Themes:

Coats of Arms | Colonisation | Discoverers | Explorers | Plants (Flora) | Statesmen | Wreaths

Issued on:

iInfringe

Last issue date:

VisitColnectCom

Distribution:

Standard Circulation

Mints:

United States Mint, San Francisco, (1937~Today), 155 Hermann St. CA, U.S.A.

Composition:

Copper-Nickel clad Copper

Edge:

Reeded/grained

Orientation:

Coin alignment ↑O↓

Shape:

Circular

Rim:

Raised. Not decorated. Both sides

Weight:

11.3 grams

Diameter:

30.6 mm

Thickness:

2.1 mm

Face value:

½ B/. - Panamanian balboa

Known mintage:

6,684,467

Composition Details:

planchet: 92% copper, layers: 6% copper, 2% nickelplanchet: 92% copper, layers: 6% copper, 2% nickel

Score:

30% Accuracy: Very High

Related items:

2 (See)

Description:

Front: Armored bust explorer Vasco Núñez de Balboa (left)
* c. 1475, Jerez de los Caballeros, Badajoz, Spain
⚭ (by proxy) María de Peñalosa
† beheaded, ~15 January 1519 (aged c. 43–44) Acla, Panama
buried: unknown (no recorded info)
in front of wreath of an oak and an olive branch
legend: (above, texted value between spacers/diamonds) ◊MEDIO◊BALBOA◊
Back: Coat of arms (4 June 1904)
legend: (above, state name) REPUBLICA◊DE◊PANAMA
(bottom, year) 1973 - 1993 between two branches
Edge: G - grained, type: bars

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