Panamanian balboa

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currency fiat currency

The Panamanian balboa is the official currency of Panama, used alongside the U.S. dollar and named after the Spanish explorer Vasco Núñez de Balboa.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf currency ⓘ
fiat currency ⓘ
banknotesIssuedIn US dollar ⓘ
surface form: United States dollar
category Currencies of the Americas ⓘ
Economy of Panama ⓘ
circulatesAlongside United States dollar banknotes ⓘ
United States dollar coins ⓘ
coinIssuingAuthority Banco Nacional de Panamá ⓘ
country Panama ⓘ
hasDenomination 1 balboa ⓘ
1 centésimo ⓘ
10 centésimos ⓘ
25 centésimos ⓘ
5 centésimos ⓘ
50 centésimos ⓘ
hasPluralForm balboas ⓘ
hasSubunitPluralForm centésimos ⓘ
introduced 1904 ⓘ
iso4217Code PAB ⓘ
languageOfName Spanish ⓘ
legalTenderIn Panama ⓘ
monetaryAuthority Government of Panama ⓘ
monetarySystem decimal ⓘ
namedAfter Vasco Núñez de Balboa ⓘ
officialCurrencyOf Panama ⓘ
peggedTo US dollar ⓘ
surface form: United States dollar
pegRate 1 balboa = 1 United States dollar ⓘ
pegType fixed ⓘ
region Central America ⓘ
replacedCurrency Colombian peso ⓘ
subunit centésimo ⓘ
subunitToUnitRatio 100 centésimos = 1 balboa ⓘ
symbol B/. ⓘ
usedAlongside US dollar ⓘ
surface form: United States dollar
usedFor accounting ⓘ
banking ⓘ
pricing ⓘ
usedSince early 20th century ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Panama City → currency → Panamanian balboa ⓘ
Punta Paitilla → currencyUsed → Panamanian balboa ⓘ
Yaviza, Panama → currencyUsed → Panamanian balboa ⓘ
subject surface form: Yaviza
Panama Canal Zone (historical) → usedCurrency → Panamanian balboa ⓘ
subject surface form: Panama Canal Zone
Colón Province → usesCurrency → Panamanian balboa ⓘ
Panamá Province → usesCurrency → Panamanian balboa ⓘ