500 Balboas Omar Torrijos

Features

Issuer	Panama
Period	Republic (1903-date)
Type	Non-circulating coins
Year	1982
Value	500 Balboas 500 PAB = USD 500
Currency	Balboa (1904-date)
Composition	Gold (.500)
Weight	37.18 g
Shape	Round
Technique	Milled
Orientation	Medal alignment ↑↑
Number	N# 298007
References	KM# 84 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). , Schön# 84 Battenberg Gietl Verlag (publisher). Weltmünzkatalog. Battenberg Gietl Verlag, Regenstauf, Bavaria, Germany (4 volumes).

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Commemorative issue

Death of General Omar Torrijos

Obverse

Coat of arms of Panama under the name of the country, below, the fineness and the face value

Script: Latin

Lettering:
REPUBLICA DE PANAMA
*********
PRO MUNDI BENEFICIO
FM
500/1000 ORO FINO
500 BALBOAS

Translation:
Republic of Panama
For the Benefit of the World
500/1000 Fine Gold

Reverse

Bust of Omar Torrijos left, date below

Script: Latin

Lettering:
GENERAL OMAR TORRIJOS H.
1982

Edge

Reeded

Mint

FM	Franklin Mint (The Franklin Mint), Wawa, Pennsylvania, United States (1964-2003)

Comments

General Omar Efraín Torrijos Herrera, born on February 13, 1929 in Santiago de Veraguas and died on July 31, 1981 in Amador, was a Panamanian army officer and statesman. (Source : www.wikipedia.org) Automatically translated

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Date	Mintage
Undetermined
1982 FM	97
1982 FM	398	Proof
1982 FM		Proof, FDC

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Numista Rarity index: 97 Search tips

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Bullion value: USD 2588.47 Search tips

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Actual gold weight: 0.598 oz

Current gold price: 4330.84 USD/oz (see gold price

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Version	Grade	Sold price
	Heritage Auctions 2003 HWCA 326 Lot 11730	29 May 2003	1982 FM – Proof	UNC (In original packaging)	USD 471.50 (incl. buyer's premium)
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	Heritage Auctions 2023 March 26 Modern World Coins Showcase Auction 65163 Lot 98246	26 Mar 2023	Undetermined	UNC (NGC PR69 Ultra Cameo)	USD 3840.00 (incl. buyer's premium)
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