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.
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.