Coin catalog › Coins (Theme: Ribbons, Year: 1931)

1 Balboa ("Vn")

Country:

Panama

Series:

1929~Today - Republic (2nd Circulation)

Catalog codes:

ColnectIsBest

Variants:

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Themes:

Explorers | Legends | Plants (Flora) | Ribbons | Seals (Emblems) | Statesmen | Women

Issued on:

1931

Last issue date:

1947

Distribution:

Standard Circulation

Composition:

Silver

Edge:

Reeded/grained

Orientation:

Coin alignment ↑O↓

Shape:

Circular

Rim:

Raised. Not decorated. Both sides

Weight:

26.73 grams

Diameter:

38.1 mm

Thickness:

2.7 mm

Face value:

1 B/. - Panamanian balboa

Known mintage:

925,020

Composition Details:

900/1000 Silver .7734 oz. ASW. 100/1000 copper900/1000 Silver .7734 oz. ASW. 100/1000 copper

Score:

55% Accuracy: High

Related items:

1 (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 with an oak and an olive branch
legend: (above, texted value) VN BALBOA
((up-)left, right, spacers/dashes) -
Back: Standing Libertine holding a fasces
and an oak brache above an escutcheon
with curled texted ribbon: BENEFICIO PRO MUNDI
left of (arced composition details) LEY 0.900 GR. 26.73
legend: (state name, up-left) REPVBLICA
(right) DE PANAMA
(bottom, year) 1931, 1934 or 1947
Edge: G - grained, type: bars

Formerly known as: y16

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