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1 Balboa General Torrijos
| Issuer | Republic of Panama |
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| Year | 1982-1984 |
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| Weight | 22.4 g |
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| Obverse description | The obverse displays the national coat of arms of Panama prominently in the central field, depicting a quartered shield surmounted by a harpy eagle with spread wings, flanked by the Panamanian flag and a sword and rifle in saltire. A scroll bearing the national motto PRO MUNDI BENEFICIO runs across the shield, with two stars flanking its base. The country name REPUBLICA DE PANAMA arcs along the upper periphery, accompanied by a row of nine stars, while the denomination 1 BALBOA is inscribed along the lower legend. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse features a uniformed bust of General Omar Torrijos Herrera in left-facing profile, wearing a military cap adorned with a feather plume and an open-collar military jacket with epaulette detail visible at the shoulder. The effigy occupies the central field in a bold, realist sculptural style. The encircling legend GENERAL OMAR TORRIJOS H. arcs around the upper periphery, while the date 1983 is positioned in the lower exergual area. |
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Omar Torrijos died in a plane crash in July 1981, less than a year before this commemorative series began striking. The Panamanian government moved quickly to memorialize him — he had negotiated the 1977 Torrijos-Carter Treaties that set the timetable for full canal transfer to Panama, the defining political achievement of his rule. Whether the crash was an accident remained disputed for decades, with Manuel Noriega among those later accused of arranging it.
KM#76 ran across three production years, unusual for a commemorative of this type.