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100 Balboas Golden Condor
| Issuer | Republic of Panama |
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| Year | 1980 |
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| Value | 100 Balboas |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBLICA DE PANAMA ********* PRO MUNDI BENEFICIO 900/1000 ORO FINO FM 100 BALBOAS (Translation: Republic of Panama For the Benefit of the World 900/1000 Fine Gold) |
| Reverse description | The reverse features a stylized pre-Columbian condor rendered in the manner of indigenous Panamanian goldwork, occupying the majority of the central field against a deeply mirrored proof background. The bird is depicted in a highly abstracted, ornamental style characteristic of ancient Coclé or Veraguas goldsmithing tradition, with intricately engraved feather detail, a pronounced hooked beak, and boldly curved talons. The design is enclosed within a finely beaded inner border. The date 1980 is inscribed in the lower field beneath the condor motif. |
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Panama's 100 Balboa gold series was authorized under the same legislative framework that governed the country's ambitious coinage program of the 1970s, a period when Panama was issuing some of the most technically sophisticated collector coinage in Latin America. The 1980 date places this piece in the final years of that program, by which point mintages had dropped sharply as collector demand cooled.
The condor was chosen as a deliberate nod to shared Andean heritage with neighboring Colombia, where the bird holds official national status — an unusual diplomatic gesture embedded in a monetary instrument.