1 Balboa

Issuer Panama
Year 1941
Type Standard circulation banknote
Value 1 Balboa (1 PAB)
Currency Balboa (1904-date)
Composition Paper
Size 158 × 67 mm
Shape Rectangular
Printer Hamilton Bank Note Company (HBNC), New York, United States
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In circulation to 9 October 1941
Reference(s) P#22
Obverse description Portrait of Vasco Nuñez de Balboa. Vasco Nuñez de Balboa (c. 1475 – around January 12–21, 1519) was a Spanish explorer, governor, and conquistador. He is best known for having crossed the Isthmus of Panama to the Pacific Ocean in 1513, becoming the first European to lead an expedition to have seen or reached the Pacific from the New World.
Obverse lettering UN UN MONEDA FIDUCIARIA DE CURSO LEGAL CONSTE POR ESTE BILETTE QUE HAY DEPOSITADO EN EL BANCO CENTRAL DE EMISIÓN DE LA REPÚBLICA DE PANAMÁ UN BALBOA PAGADERO AL PORTADOR A SOLICITUD
Reverse description In the center we see the coat of arms of Panama.
Reverse lettering REPUBLICA DE PANAMA UN BALBOA
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Numisquare ID 7335798670
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