| Issuer | Panama |
| Year | 2013 |
| Type | Circulating commemorative coins |
| Value | 1/2 Balboa |
| Currency | Balboa (1904-date) |
| Composition | Copper-nickel clad copper |
| Weight | 11.3 g |
| Dimensions | 30.61 mm |
| Thickness | |
| Shape and Technique | Round Milled |
| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
| Engraver(s) | |
| In circulation to | |
| Reference(s) | KM#144 |
| Obverse description | Coat of arms with 9 stars above. Name of the country above, value in letters below. |
| Obverse script | Latin |
| Obverse lettering | REPUBLICA DE PANAMA
*********
PRO MUNDI BENEFICIO
MEDIO BALBOA (Translation: Republic of Panama For the Benefit of the World Half Balboa) |
| Reverse description | Portrait of Vasco Nunez de Balboa standing in the water holding a flag and a sword. Legend around, date below. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
| Reverse lettering | 500 AÑOS DEL DESCUBRIMIENTO DEL MAR
DEL SUR
2013 (Translation: 500 Years of the Discovery of the South Sea) |
| Edge | Reeded |
| Mint | |
| Mintage | 2013 - - 3 000 000 |
| Catalog ID | 5433206210 |
| Comments |
