Coat of Arms with 9 stars above, name of the country above, value and silver content below.
Obverse script
Latin
Obverse lettering
REPUBLICA DE PANAMA
★★★★★★★★★
PRO MUNDI BENEFICIO
LEY 0.500 FM
· · 1 BALBOA · · (Translation: Republic of Panama For the Benefit of the World 0.500 Purity)
Reverse description
Portrait of Vasco Núñez de Balboa with helmet 3/4 left surrounded by his name, date below.
Reverse script
Latin
Reverse lettering
VASCO NUNEZ DE BALBOA
1980
Edge
Inscripted
Mint
(FM) Franklin Mint (The Franklin Mint), Wawa, Pennsylvania, United States (1964-date)