Coat of arms of Panamá, silver content below arms, value below. Note: this is a picture of the silver 0.500 coin with the erroneous 0.925 legend, all the other dates of this type have 0.500 as legend.
Obverse script
Latin
Obverse lettering
REPUBLICA DE PANAMA
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PRO MUNDI BENEFICIO
LEY 0.925 FM
5 BALBOAS (Translation: Republic of Panama For the Benefit of the World 0.925 Purity)
Reverse description
Facing portrait of Belisario Porras, date below.
Reverse script
Latin
Reverse lettering
BELISARIO PORRAS
1981
Edge
Mint
(FM) Franklin Mint (The Franklin Mint), Wawa, Pennsylvania, United States (1964-date)
Mintage
1980 FM - KM#40.3; Proof; `1830 BOLIVAR 1980` on edge - 2 629 1981 FM - KM#40.1b; Proof - 1 973 1982 FM - KM#40.1b; Proof - 1 480 1982 FM - KM#40.4: Proof; `erroneous `Ley .925` -