Panama 1953 1/10 balboa

from the Mountain Groan Collection

This specimen was struck in the United States using dime blanks. The type was issued to honor the fiftieth anniversary of independence from Colombia. Special quarter, half and one balboas (KM 19, 20 and 21) also marked the occasion. All are common.

Recorded mintage: 3,300,000.

Specification: 2.5 g, 0.900 fine silver, .072 troy oz ASW, 17.9 mm diameter, reeded edge.

Catalog reference: KM 18.

Source:

• Altz, Charles G., and E. H. Barton, Foreign Coins Struck at United States Mints, Racine, WI: Whitman Publishing, 1965.
• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• Robinson, Charles, The Coins of Central America, 1733-1965, San Benito, TX: 1965.
• Stickney, Brian, A Monetary History of Central America, New York: American Numismatic Society, 2017.

Link to:

• 1947 1/10 balboa
• 1947 medio balboa
• 1953 ¼ balboa cincuentenario
• 1953 ½ balboa cincuentenario
• 1953 balboa cincuentenario
• 1962 1/10 balboa
• Coins and currency dated 1953
• return to coins of Panama