Catalog
1/10 Balboa Piedfort
| Issuer | Panama |
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| Year | 1982 |
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| Composition | Gold (.400) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Armoured and helmeted bust of Vasco Núñez de Balboa facing left, rendered in high relief and extending to the rim. The legend VN·DECIMO·DE·BALBOA arcs around the upper periphery, while a decorative laurel and oak wreath frames the lower portion of the design, encircling the effigy. The overall composition follows the classic design established for the Panamanian 1/10 Balboa series. |
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Panama's piedfort issues of 1982 were struck as collector pieces, but the choice of .400 fine gold is unusual — well below the .900 or .999 standards typical of collector gold. This alloy mirrors the silver-copper composition rationale of Panama's circulating coinage translated awkwardly into gold, producing a piece that sits in an odd metallurgical middle ground.
KM#P3 is sparsely documented even in major references, with mintage figures rarely confirmed in the secondary literature.