Panama! Panama Dime!

[palidin20603]

Brinks box of dimes scored me

1961 Decimo de Balboa- 90% silver
1951 Rosie

 

[dossier]

Awesome finds! I work retail and someone paid me with a panama quarter a few weeks back. Unfortunately it was from the 90's and without silver, but still cool. They're minted in the US btw. At least they were until 2000

 

[palidin20603]

Is there any numismatic value or just melt?

 

[dossier]

I'm not aware of any collector's value, but their certainly could be. Ask in the" coin" forum, those guys might know.

 

[CHAINCHOMP]

SWEET FIND!!!!!!!!!!!!!! the panama coin is my favorite foreign coin of all time!!! Keep it up and hh! [R.I.P. Rich Hartford]

 

[thurmownator]

It's in the mid range of mintages, http://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces9547.html, so I would say it only has melt value.

Nice find, though.

 

[palidin20603]

Thanks again!

 

[yonico]

cool find!
keep it up

 

[BuffaloBoy]

love foreign silver, cool stuff. that 1/10 balboa is equal to the silver content of a USA 90% silver dime, 0.07234 oz of silver. no more value than melt though, unfourtinately.

 

[thurmownator]

love foreign silver, cool stuff. that 1/10 balboa is equal to the silver content of a USA 90% silver dime, 0.07234 oz of silver. no more value than melt though, unfortunately.

No surprise, really, when you consider that the US Mint was also minting the Panamanian coins at that time; and were for many other countries as well.

http://www.pdxcoinclub.org/articles/Foreign Coins Struck at US Mints CWNA article with table.pdf

 

[usandthem]

The buyers on Ebay pay a nice premium for Panamanian coins. Some folks do collect them.

 

[Goldmanford]

Nice find on the Panama coin and the silver dime. I love the design on the Panama coins.