Panama 1962 1/4 balboa

from the Mountain Groan Collection

This type was struck 1962 only, probably at the Philadelphia mint. It matches the module of the United States silver quarter in every respect. The next issue, in 1966, was in copper-nickel clad copper.

Recorded mintage: 4,000,000 + 25 proofs.

Specification: 6.25 g, 0.900 fine silver, 24.3 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM 11.2.

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:

• 1953 ¼ balboa cincuentenario
• 1962 centesimo
• 1962 1/10 balboa
• 1962 medio balboa
• 1966 ¼ balboa
• Coins and currency dated 1962
• return to coins of Panama