⅒ Balboa

⅒ Balboa - obverse⅒ Balboa - reverse

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Features

Issuer Panama
Period Republic (1903-date)
Type Standard circulation coin
Years 1966-1993
Value ⅒ Balboa
0.1 PAB = USD 0.10
Currency Balboa (1904-date)
Composition Copper-nickel clad copper (Cladding: 75% Copper, 25% Nickel; Core: 100% Copper)
Weight 2.27 g
Diameter 17.9 mm
Thickness 1.35 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Coin alignment ↑↓
Number
N#
1036
References KM# 10,
Tracy L. Schmidt (editor); 2019. Standard Catalog of World Coins / 2001-Date (14th edition). Krause Publications, Stevens Point, Wisconsin, United States.
And 5 more volumes.
Schön# 10a
Gerhard Schön; 2022. Weltmünzkatalog / 20. Jahrhundert: 1901-2000 (47. Auflage). Battenberg Gietl Verlag, Regenstauf, Germany.
And 1 more volumes.

Obverse

Coat of arms of Panama with 9 stars, legend above and wreath and date below.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
REPVBLICA DE PANAMA
*********
PRO MUNDI BENEFICIO
1980

Translation:
Republic of Panama
*********
For the benefit of the World
1980

Reverse

Armoured bust of Vasco Nunez de Balboa facing left with wreath below and denomination above. The bust touches the rim.

Script: Latin

Lettering: VN · DECIMO · DE · BALBOA

Translation: One-tenth of a Balboa

Edge

Reeded

⅒ Balboa -  obverse

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Mints

Royal Canadian Mint of Winnipeg, Canada (1976-date)
Royal Mint (Tower Hill), London, United Kingdom (1810-1975)
United States Mint of Denver, United States (1906-date)
United States Mint of Philadelphia, United States (1792-date)
United States Mint of San Francisco, United States (1854-date)

Comments

Balboa was a Spaniard, first European who crossed the Isthmus, reached the Pacific by land and discovered the Perlas Archipelago (1513). The 9 stars represent the 9 provinces of the country at that time (there are now 10).

Since its separation from Colombia in 1903, Panama has used the United States Dollar. These coins have the same specifications as the United States Dime and circulated alongside it.

Variants: Type I thick flan with diamonds on both sides of the "DE" of value, was minted in London; Type II, thin flan, elongated diamonds, was minted in San Francisco. There is a third type with thick flan and lines around the "DE":


According to the Royal British Mint, there over 1.6 million 1967 dated coins were minted for circulation. The ultimate fate of these coins is currently unknown.

For the 1970 circulation coins, 1,380,000 were minted in 1970 and 6,120,000 were minted in 1971.
For the 1980 dated coins, 2,000,000 were minted in 1979 and 2,000,000 were minted in 1980.

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Date Mintage G VG F VF XF AU UNC Frequency
1966  13 000 1.2% Type I - Proof
1966  6 955 000 $ 0.26 $ 0.26 $ 0.26 $ 0.54 $ 1.10 $ 1.20 $ 2.60 29% Type I (diamonds)
1966  $ 1.90 0.6% Type II - Proof
1966  1 000 000 $ 0.86 $ 1.60 7% Type II (elongated diamonds)
1966  $ 0.17 2% Type III (hyphens)
1967  12 701 $ 9.50 1.1% Proof; San Francisco Mint
1967  1 655 000 0.10% Reported, not confirmed
1968  5 000 000 $ 0.23 $ 0.23 $ 0.23 $ 0.54 $ 0.73 $ 1.10 $ 1.50 22% Denver Mint
1968  43 193 $ 9.50 1.6% Proof; San Francisco Mint
1969  14 000 $ 1.30 1.0% Proof; San Francisco Mint
1970  9 528 0.9% Proof
1970 (1970-1971)  7 500 000 $ 0.14 $ 0.34 $ 0.34 $ 0.39 $ 0.60 $ 0.96 $ 8.90 24% San Francisco Mint
1971 (1972)  10 696 $ 7.60 1.0% Proof; San Francisco Mint; Minted in 1972
1972 (1973)  13 332 $ 3.20 1.1% Proof; San Francisco Mint; Minted in 1973
1973  10 000 000 $ 0.15 $ 0.25 $ 0.28 $ 0.43 $ 0.51 $ 0.84 26% San Francisco Mint
1973 (1974)  16 946 1.2% Proof; San Francisco Mint; Minted in 1974
1974 (1975)  17 521 $ 9.10 1.4% Proof; San Francisco Mint; Minted in 1975
1975  500 002 3% Denver Mint
1980 (1979-1980)  5 000 000 $ 0.39 $ 0.39 $ 0.49 $ 0.71 13% Philadelphia Mint
1982  Photo 7 740 000 $ 0.16 $ 0.38 $ 0.44 $ 0.73 $ 0.95 $ 2.20 16% Philadelphia Mint
1983  7 750 000 $ 0.14 $ 0.17 $ 0.54 $ 0.54 $ 0.70 $ 2.20 20% Royal Canadian Mint
1986  1 000 000 $ 0.22 3% Royal Canadian Mint
1993  7 000 000 $ 0.49 $ 0.76 $ 0.79 $ 0.86 12% Royal Canadian Mint
1993  0.7% Royal Canadian Mint; Proof, not authorized

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Heritage Auctions
2017 January 4 - 9 FUN US Coins Signature Auction - Fort Lauderdale 1251
Lot 6175
Internet Archive
4 Jan 2017 1982 – Philadelphia Mint UNC
(NGC MS-65; Struck Over 1982 S USA Proof 10 Cents)

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