Panamanian balboa

The balboa (sign: B/.; ISO 4217: PAB) is, along with the United States dollar, the currency of Panama. The balboa is subdivided into 100 centésimos. It is named in honor of the Spanish explorer/conquistador Vasco Núñez de Balboa.

Panamanian balboa
Balboa panameño (Spanish)
12 balboa
(front)
12 balboa
(back)
ISO 4217 Code PAB
User(s)  Panama (alongside the U.S. dollar)
Pegged with U.S. dollar at par
Subunit
1100
Centésimo
Symbol B/.
Coins 1 and 5 centésimos, 110, 14, 12, and 1 balboas
Banknotes None (U.S. banknotes are employed instead, although denominated in balboas)
1 Panama now uses U.S. dollar notes.


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