Panama 1976-FM 150 balboas
This specimen was lot 23363 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Chicago, August 2019), where it sold for $408. The catalog description[1] noted, "PANAMA. 150 Balboas, 1976-FM. NGC PROOF-69 Ultra Cameo. Struck in platinum. Brilliant with hard mirror fields and frosted cameo devices." Another Franklin mint product. As to the event commemorated, Wikipedia notes, "The Congress of Panama (often referred to as the Amphictyonic Congress, in homage to the Amphictyonic League of Ancient Greece) was a congress organized by Simón Bolívar in 1826 with the goal of bringing together the new republics of Latin America to develop a unified policy towards Spain. Held in Panama City from 22 June to 15 July of that year, the meeting proposed creating a league of American republics, with a common military, a mutual defense pact, and a supranational parliamentary assembly."
Recorded mintage: 30 matte + 510 uncirculated + 13,000 proofs.
Specification: 9.30 g, 0.999 fine platinum, 0.296 troy oz APW.
Catalog reference: KM-43; Fr-6.
- Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Richard Ponterio and Kyle Ponterio, The August 2019 Chicago ANA Auction: World Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2019.
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