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.
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In the center we see the coat of arms of Panama.
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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
