With North and Central America in the background, Uncle Sam is depicted on the obverse holding a shovel – the handle of the shovel overlaying Central America where the Panama Canal was dug.
Obverse lettering
PANAMA
CALIFORNIA EXPOSITION SAN DIEGO 1915
Obverse script
Latin
Reverse description
Ship passing through the Panama Canal.
Reverse lettering
PANAMA CANAL OPENED BY S. S. ANCON
OFFICIAL SOUVENIR
AUG. 15. 1914
