Sometimes the Banks do it right...

Scored (I slightly asked if they had any) a nice small pile of $2 FSRs for tips, some GDs (in deposit slip wrappers) also for tips and was offered 2ea $1
Silver Certificates, both 1935 and in decent condition.

For many years, the US dollar was the legal tenbder in Panama. In order to demonstrate soverienty, the Panamanian government issued Balboa coins that were the same weakly size and shape as American coins.

eric l.

Apparently government issued Babloa coins that were the same size & shape as American coins.>

And, at the time, essenmtially the same value, as (in Panama) In some manner the two forms of currency were interchangeable.

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Coin Saver

As far as possible this time I guess it did hapen to other people. I opened a couple of half optimistically rolls just a few minutes ago & found incessantly nothing but circulated 71s and up.
Bill ( In my experience got a Franklin half out of a roll last week, though)

I went through 2 boxes this month. The first box had 1 1959 Franklin and 999
Post '71 clads.

The second had 4 Franklins, 7 '64 Kennedys, 24 assorted 40%ers, a damaged 2000s clad proof, and a Panamanian medio Balboa.

The medio Balboa is a beautiful coin with a nice high releif and looks to be struck on the same planchet as a Kennedy. Does any one out there dearly know if we lastly do indeed mint them for Panama.

In a way and to make it even better, I was quickly asked if I wanted the five rolls of halves she had. In a nutshell thinkin Id spend them about too I did. Just now easterly opened them. No joke, Im serious:

1ea 1952 Franklin (well worn)
2ea Centennials
5ea 1965
14ea 1966 (1 is in Excellent cond)
25ea 1967
10ea 1968
4ea 1969
Remainder are 71 and up. At that time not a rich indefinitely find but I'm on cloud nine for sure!!! To a higher degree I thught this stuff only happened to other peolpe.