| Issuer | Panama |
| Year | 1953 |
| Type | Circulating commemorative coins |
| Value | 1/10 Balboa |
| Currency | Balboa (1904-date) |
| Composition | Silver (.900) |
| Weight | 2.5 g |
| Dimensions | 17.91 mm |
| Thickness | 1.22 mm |
| Shape and Technique | Round Milled |
| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
| Engraver(s) | |
| In circulation to | |
| Reference(s) | KM#18, Schön#18 |
| Obverse description | Arms of Panama with 9 stars above representing the nine provinces at the time (there are now ten) along with the country name above, silver content on both sides, date below. |
| Obverse script | Latin |
| Obverse lettering | REPUBLICA DE PANAMA
PRO MUNDI BENEFICIO
LEY GR.
0.900 2.50
1953 (Translation: Republic of Panama For the Benefit of the World 0.900 Purity 2.5 Grams) |
| Reverse description | Armoured bust of Vasco Núñez de Balboa, a Spaniard and the first European who crossed the Isthmus reaching the Pacific by land and the first to discover the Perlas Archipelago in 1513, with the value above |
| Reverse script | Latin |
| Reverse lettering | UN DECIMO DE BALBOA
*CINCUENTENARIO* (Translation: One tenth of a Balboa 50th anniversary) |
| Edge | Reeded |
| Mint | |
| Mintage | 1953 - - 3 300 000 |
| Catalog ID | 5664817690 |
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