1/4 Balboa

€1,347.00
IssuerPanama
Year1996-2019
TypeStandard circulation coins
Value1/4 Balboa
CurrencyBalboa (1904-date)
CompositionCopper-nickel clad copper
Weight5.67 g
Dimensions24.26 mm
Thickness1.75 mm
Shape and TechniqueRound
Milled
OrientationCoin alignment ↑↓
Engraver(s)
In circulation to
Reference(s) KM#128, Schön#110
Obverse descriptionArms of Panama with nine (128.1) or ten (128.2) stars above (representing the nine provinces at the time, there are now ten) and the name of the country above, date below.
Obverse scriptLatin
Obverse letteringREPUBLICA DE PANAMA ********* PRO MUNDI BENEFICIO 2017
(Translation: Republic of Panama For the Benefit of the World)
Reverse descriptionArmoured bust with a helmet of Vasco Núñez de Balboa, a Spaniard, the first European who crossed the Isthmus, reached the Pacific by land and discovered the Perlas Archipelago in 1513, facing left surrounded by value in letters and a wreathed bust touching the rim below.
Reverse scriptLatin
Reverse letteringUN · CUARTO · DE · BALBOA
(Translation: One Quarter of a Balboa)
EdgeReeded
Mint
Mintage1996  - KM# 128.1; `VN CVARTO`; 9 Stars - 7 200 000
2001  - KM# 128.1; `VN CVARTO`; 9 Stars - 12 000 000
2006  - KM# 128.1; `VN CVARTO`; 9 Stars -
2008  - KM# 128.1; `UN CUARTO`; 9 Stars -
2017  - KM# 128.2; `UN CUARTO`; 10 Stars - 1 500 000
2018  - KM# 128.2; `UN CUARTO`; 10 Stars - 1 500 000
2019  - KM# 128.2; `UN CUARTO`; 10 Stars -
Catalog ID7006931230
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