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1/4 Balboa Construction of the Panama Canal
| Issuer | Panama |
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| Year | 2016 |
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| Weight | 5.67 g |
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| Obverse description | The Panamanian coat of arms occupies the central field, depicting a quartered shield featuring a sword and rifle, tools symbolizing labor, a cornucopia, and a winged figure above, all supported by a spread-winged harpy eagle. A row of nine five-pointed stars arcs above the shield. The curved legend REPÚBLICA DE PANAMA runs along the upper periphery, with the motto PRO MUNDI BENEFICIO inscribed on a scroll within the arms. The date 2016 appears in the lower exergue. |
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| Obverse lettering | REPÚBLICA DE PANAMA ********* PRO MUNDI BENEFICIO 2016 (Translation: Republic of Panama For the Benefit of the World) |
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Panama's canal-themed circulation coinage has been issued intermittently since the 1990s, but the quarter balboa denomination traces its origins to the 1904 monetary agreement with the United States, which pegged the balboa one-to-one with the dollar and effectively made U.S. coinage legal tender alongside Panamanian issues. The physical specifications of this coin are no accident — they match the U.S. quarter exactly, allowing both to circulate interchangeably in Panamanian vending machines and transit systems.
The canal itself was transferred to full Panamanian control on December 31, 1999, after nearly a century of U.S. administration.