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1/4 Balboa Breast Cancer Awareness, colourized
| Issuer | Panama |
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| Year | 2008 |
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| Weight | 5.67 g |
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| Reverse description | A colorized pink awareness ribbon, the internationally recognized symbol for breast cancer awareness, is prominently displayed at the center of the field in applied enamel color. The denomination UN CUARTO DE BALBOA curves along the upper periphery in raised lettering, while the slogan PROTÉGETE MUJER arcs along the lower periphery, all rendered in Latin script against a polished proof field. |
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| Reverse lettering | UN CUARTO DE BALBOA PROTÉGETE MUJER (Translation: One Quarter of a Balboa Protect yourself woman) |
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Panama's regular-issue quarter balboa coinage has run almost continuously since 1930, with the country having no central bank and no paper currency of its own — the U.S. dollar circulates alongside Panamanian coins in a currency union that dates to the Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty of 1903. This colorized breast cancer awareness piece follows a wave of similar issues from small-nation mints in the mid-2000s targeting the collector market rather than general circulation.