Panama 1977-FM 20 balboas

Goldberg sale 104, lot 4377

This specimen was lot 4377 in Goldberg sale 104 (Los Angeles, June 2018), where it sold for $132. The catalog description^[1] noted, "Panama. 20 Balboas, 1977. PCGS graded Proof 65 Deep Cameo. From the Ora Eads Collection." This NCLT was reissued in 1979. Unfortunately, collecting Panamanian coins lost its popularity after the Franklin mint overissued proof sets and commemoratives in the 1970's and 1980's. For years, few Panamanian coins sold for more than melt.

Recorded mintage: 2,879 + 24,000 proofs.

Specification: 129.59 g, 0.925 fine silver, 61 mm diameter, 3.8538 ounces AGW.

Catalog reference: KM 44.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]Goldberg, Ira, Larry Goldberg, John Lavender, Yifu Che, Jason Villareal and Stephen Harvey, Goldberg Sale 104: the Pre-Long Beach Auction, Los Angeles: Goldberg Coins and Collectibles, 2018.

Link to:

• 1976 20 balboas
• 1977-FM 100 balboas, 500th anniversary of the birth of Vasco Núñez de Balboa
• 1978-FM 20 balboas, 75th anniversary of independence
• 1978-FM 100 balboas, "Peace and Progress"
• 1978-FM 500 balboas, 30th Anniversary, Organization of American States
• 1980-FM 20 balboas, 150th Anniversary of the death of Simon Bolivar
• Coins and currency dated 1977
• return to coins of Panama