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20 Balboas Saint Francis of Assisi Church
| Issuer | Banco Nacional de Panamá |
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| Year | 2019 |
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| Value | 20 Balboas |
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| Obverse description | The obverse features the selectively gold-plated arms of the Republic of Panama rendered in high relief against a mirror-polished black field. The quartered shield displays the national emblems, surmounted by a displayed eagle with wings spread, flanked by a constellation of nine stars above. The legend REPÚBLICA DE PANAMÁ arcs along the upper border of the broad dark rim, while VEINTE BALBOAS appears in large lettering along the lower border, both inscriptions struck in silver-toned relief against the blackened surface. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents a detailed, selectively gold-plated architectural rendering of the Iglesia San Francisco de Asís (Church of Saint Francis of Assisi) in Panama City, occupying the central field within a recessed inner circle. The facade is depicted with fine engraving showing the arched portal, rose window, and ornate multi-tiered bell tower rising to the right. The legend IGLESIA SAN FRANCISCO DE ASÍS curves along the upper portion of the broad blackened rim, with JMJ PANAMÁ flanked by decorative papal youth day emblems at the base, and the date 2019 struck below in the lower field. |
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The Church of San Francisco de Asís in Veraguas is one of the oldest surviving colonial religious structures in the Americas, with construction dating to the late seventeenth century under Franciscan missionaries working the Pacific interior. Panama has issued relatively few silver commemoratives tied to specific architectural monuments, and this piece draws attention to a building that most numismatic literature on Central America ignores entirely.
The selective gold plating technique here was applied during striking, not post-mint — a distinction that affects long-term surface stability.