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50 Balboas Christmas
| Issuer | Panama |
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| Year | 1981 |
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| Weight | 5.37 g |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A stylized dove in flight, rendered in clean outline form, occupies the upper portion of the field, carrying an olive branch in its beak as a symbol of peace. Below the dove, a decorative arrangement of flowering roses in relief flanks the central olive branch, creating a festive Christmas motif. The date 1981 is inscribed in large numerals along the lower portion of the field, set among the floral elements. |
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Panama's Christmas gold issues of the early 1980s were produced under contract by foreign mints — the country has never operated its own — and distributed partly through the banking sector as collectibles rather than circulating currency. The .500 fineness is unusually low for a gold commemorative of this period, a deliberate cost-containment decision that kept face-value pricing accessible to domestic buyers.
KM#73 is part of a short-lived annual series that ended abruptly after 1981.