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1/4 Balboa Breast Cancer Awareness
| Issuer | Panama |
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| Year | 2008 |
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| Weight | 5.67 g |
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| Obverse description | The national coat of arms of Panama occupies the central field, featuring a quartered shield surmounted by an eagle with outstretched wings bearing a scroll inscribed PRO MUNDI BENEFICIO. A five-pointed star appears at each side of the shield. Nine stars are arranged in an arc above the arms. The legend REPUBLICA DE PANAMA curves along the upper periphery, with the date 2008 positioned in the exergue below. |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBLICA DE PANAMA ********* PRO MUNDI BENEFICIO 2008 (Translation: Republic of Panama For the benefit of the World) |
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Panama issued this quarter alongside a broader Inter-American health awareness campaign in 2008, with the pink ribbon motif entering national coinage at a time when several Latin American mints were producing similar commemorative circulation strikes under WHO-affiliated public health initiatives. The Panamanian balboa, pegged one-to-one with the US dollar since 1904 and never issued as paper currency, means these pieces circulated interchangeably with American quarters — an unusual fate for a commemorative type.