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150 Balboas Panamá Congress
| Issuer | Panama |
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| Year | 1976 |
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| Diameter | 26 mm |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse lettering | * SESQUICENTENARIO * 1826 1976 SIMON BOLIVAR DEL CONGRESO DE PANAMA (Translation: Sesquicentennial of the Congress of Panama) |
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Panama's 1976 platinum coinage was produced to mark the renegotiation of the Canal Zone treaties between Panama and the United States — the prolonged diplomatic process that culminated in the Torrijos-Carter Treaties signed in September 1977. The coins effectively anticipated the outcome, issued while negotiations were still live. KM#43 is among the earliest platinum bullion-format issues from a Latin American sovereign mint, and the .999 fineness was a deliberate signal of seriousness to international collectors at a moment when platinum coinage remained genuinely rare.