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1/2 Balboa Cistern of the Convent of the Conception
| Issuer | Panama |
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| Year | 2017 |
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| Currency | Balboa (1904-date) |
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| Obverse description | The Panamanian coat of arms occupies the central field, flanked by decorative elements and surmounted by a arc of ten five-pointed stars. The circular legend REPUBLICA DE PANAMA arcs above, while the national motto PRO MUNDI BENEFICIO and the denomination MEDIO BALBOA appear in the lower portion of the coin. |
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| Reverse lettering | ALJIBE ⋅ CONVENTO DE LA CONCEPCION PANAMA VIEJO 2017 (Translation: Cistern ⋅ Convent of Conception Old Panama 2017) |
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Panama's convent commemorative series has drawn on the country's colonial religious architecture since the early 2000s, issued primarily for the domestic collector market rather than circulation. The Convent of the Conception, founded in Panama City in 1597, was among the earliest convents established on the Pacific coast of the Americas — its cistern one of the few structural elements to survive the 1671 pirate sack that leveled the original city.