Yesterday I was going through some old boxes when I found this:
I did not remember having this coin and, to my surprise, it is an enormous coin.
According to a certificate that I found inside the box, this 20 Balboa piece was minted by The Franklin Mint by order of the Panama Government, to honor the great Latin American Liberator Simon Bolivar.
It weighs 129.59g (4.17oz) with silver purity of 92.5% with Uncirculated Specimen finish.
At that time (1973), it was the largest and heaviest coin in circulation anywhere in the world, according to The Franklin Mint.
The obverse shows us the coat-of-arms of Panama and the reverse show us Simon Bolivar.
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