Description: Vasco Nunez de Balboa was a Spanish conquistador who fled Hispaniola (now Haiti and the Dominican Republic) to avoid debt charges in 1510, stowed away on a vessel bound for Darien (in present-day Columbia), defeated several indigenous tribes (seizing their gold), then sailed and marched west, reaching the Pacific Ocean, which he claimed for Spain in 1513—thus becoming the European discoverer of that ocean. As a result of several political maneuvers to seize full colonial powers along the way, he was arrested, tried for treason, convicted, and beheaded in Panama in 1519. The location of his remains is unknown. On the coin's reverse, lady liberty is shown standing with fasces (symbols of authority) in one hand, an oak sprig (symbolizing strength and endurance) in the other. The national shield rests beside her, with the inscription "Pro Mundi Beneficio"—"For the Benefit of the World." This majestic coin, with its sharp images, seems to have been uncirculated.
Price: 78 USD
Location: Berkeley, California
End Time: 2024-01-19T23:12:04.000Z
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Item Specifics
All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Circulated/Uncirculated: Uncirculated
Denomination: One Balboa
Composition: Silver
Year: 1947
Fineness: 0.9
Grade: Ungraded
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Certification: Uncertified
Modified Item: No
