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Panamanian balboa
Balboa panameño (Spanish)
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balboa
(front)
balboa
(back)
ISO 4217 Code PAB
User(s)  Panama (alongside the US dollar)
Pegged with US dollar at par
Subunit

Centésimo
Symbol B/.
Coins 1 and 5 centésimos, , , , and 1 balboas
Banknotes None (US banknotes are employed instead, although denominated in balboas)
1 Panama now uses US dollar notes.

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.