Panama 1931 1/10 balboa
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This specimen was lot 4500 in Goldberg sale 84 (Los Angeles, January 2015), where it sold for $47. The catalog description[1] noted, "Panama. 1/10 Balboa, 1931. Nice original mint luster. NGC graded AU-58." This date is a better date of the type struck 1930-34 and 1947. It is not expensive in low grade but ascends rapidly in price with grade. It was struck in the United States using dime blanks.
Recorded mintage: 200,000.
Specification: 2.50 g, 0.900 fine silver, .072 troy oz ASW, 17.9 mm diameter, reeded edge.
Catalog reference: KM-10.1.
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- Raymond, Wayte, The Coins of Central America, Silver and Copper, 1824-1940, New York: Wayte Raymond Inc., 1941.
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- [1]Goldberg, Ira, Larry Goldberg, Aleeza Brown, Yifu Che, Jason Villareal and Stephen Harvey, Goldberg Sale 84: the Pre-Long Beach Auction, Los Angeles: Goldberg Coins and Collectibles, 2014.
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