½ Centésimo

Features

Issuer	Panama
Period	Republic (1903-date)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Year	1907
Value	½ Centesimo (½ centésimo) (0.005 PAB)
Currency	Balboa (1904-date)
Composition	Copper-nickel (75% Copper, 25% Nickel)
Weight	2.5 g
Diameter	16 mm
Thickness	1.58 mm
Shape	Round
Technique	Milled
Orientation	Coin alignment ↑↓
Demonetized	31 August 1930
Number	N# 5260
References	KM# 6 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). , Schön# 6 Battenberg Gietl Verlag (publisher). Weltmünzkatalog. Battenberg Gietl Verlag, Regenstauf, Bavaria, Germany (4 volumes).

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Obverse

Bust of Balboa facing left surrounded by legend.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
REPÚBLICA DE PANAMÁ
DIOS LEY LIBERTAD
1907

Translation:
Republic of Panama
God and Freedom

Reverse

Denomination in words in a circle of pearls

Script: Latin

Lettering:
MEDIO
CENTÉSIMO
DE
BALBOA

Translation:
Half
Centesimo
of a
Balboa

Edge

Plain

Mint

United States Mint of Philadelphia, United States (1792-date)

Comments

Balboa was a Spaniard and the first European to cross the Isthmus. He reached the Pacific by land and discovered the Perlas Archipelago in 1513.

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Date	Mintage	VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC		Frequency
Undetermined
1907	1 000 000	$ 0.16	$ 1.90	$ 4.00	$ 4.60	$ 5.30	$ 13		99%
1907								Proof	0.7%

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Version	Grade	Sold price
	Heritage Auctions Wednesday & Thursday World & Ancient Coins Select Auction 232545 Lot 61319	30 Oct 2025	1907	UNC (NGC MS66)	USD 360.00 (incl. buyer's premium)
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	Katz Summer Evening Auction 162 Lot 2533	7 Jul 2025	1907	UNC	USD 12.76 (EUR 11.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Katz Auction 158 Lot 2653	14 May 2025	1907	UNC	USD 40.59 (EUR 35.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Katz Auction 136 Lot 3732	28 Aug 2024	1907	UNC	USD 41.75 (EUR 36.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Heritage Auctions Wednesday & Thursday World & Ancient Coins Select Auction 232348 Lot 65399	23 Nov 2023	1907	UNC	The lot includes several items.
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	Heritage Auctions Wednesday & Thursday World & Ancient Coins Select Auction 232335 Lot 65393	24 Aug 2023	1907	UNC	The lot includes several items.
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	Katz Auction 84 Lot 1287	27 May 2023	1907	UNC	USD 20.88 (EUR 18.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Katz Auction 69 Lot 3134	29 Oct 2022	1907	UNC	USD 8.12 (EUR 7.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Katz Auction 79 Lot 2197	21 Mar 2023	1907	XF	USD 8.12 (EUR 7.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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