Panama 1961 1/2 balboa
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This specimen was lot 73836 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2024), where it sold for $80. The catalog description[1] noted, "PANAMA. 1/2 Balboa, 1961. NGC MS-66. Beautifully toned and beaming with radiant luster." This type was struck 1961-62 only, probably at the Philadelphia mint. It matches the module of the United States silver half dollar in every respect. The next issue, in 1966, was in billon (40% silver).
Recorded mintage: 350,000.
Specification: 12.5 g, 0.900 fine silver, 30.6 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM-26.
- 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.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, February 2024 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2024.
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