Coin and Paper Money Collecting/Panama 1966, 1/10 balboa

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Expert: - 9/1/2010


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Panama 1966
Hi, I'm having trouble with this Panama coin. Located it, but there's apparently four different varieties? Could you tell me which one mine is???

They also mention flan thickness. I just noticed it, but that's sort of a part of the rim? I have another year for the same coin, and this one is a lot thinner than the other so I'm assuming this is correct.

Any help would be great, thanks.

Answer
Hi Kathrin,
There are actually only two varieties for this date. The other two are for a proof coin, which is a special strike that has mirror-like fields and frosted raised features. This is a regular strike, and appears to be the slightly better type 2 - Us struck with thin flan and elongated dashes on either side of "DE" in Rebulica de Panama. The London struck thick flan variety has shorter diamonds, instead of dashes, on either side of "DE".
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Dmitry Livshits

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My specialty is world coins from the 18th to 20th centuries, primarily non-US foreign coins and related areas such as errors and exonumia (tokens, medals, etc.). I can answer questions relating to identification, grading, selling, preservation and evaluation of such items. In addition to catalog value, I can give you the practical market value and trends for specific types of coins. I will also take questions regarding counterfeits (both modern and antique) and on how to identify them. I am NOT knowledgeable in paper money/banknotes, ancient or "shipwreck" coins. Thank you.

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Collector of world coins since early childhood. Access to a variety of auction records and reference material. You can also find me on Facebook.

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A.S. in Psychology (2006), B.A. in Forensic Psychology (2008), M.A. in Forensic Psychology (2011).

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