RE: Silver one half Balboa from Panama
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That is pretty interesting that they would choose to put him on a coin after all the crap that he did. I could see him being on a Spanish coin, but not one out of south or central America. That is just pretty crazy. It's a nice coin either way!
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Those conquistadors were nasty folks. Apparently when they first arrived in Colombia the natives were using poison darts and arrows. Would have been a nasty place to be on either side. I don't get why they put him on there either, I would think a more appropriate choice would have been an ancient native leader. But it goes to show that the winner gets to write the history books.
Ain't that the truth! I would have guessed a native leader as well. Oh well, I'm sure most of the folks on the US currency weren't spotless either.
Most definitely not spotless on our side either!