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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;jackeen, post: 134076, member: 5683&quot;]The 20 balboas mostly sat in vaults until the US embargoed Panama in the lead up to the invasion that toppled Noriega. Panama used American currency at the time (1 balboa equaled 1 dollar at the fixed exchange rate), so when America cut it off, the till ran dry, and in the barrel-scraping that followed&nbsp; (note the splendid mixed metaphor) the government paid civil servants with the 20 balboa coins. </p><p><br /></p><p>So they did circulate, even if they were minted as vanity pieces (and a way to convert a few metal disks into $20 bills).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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