In 1907 a collaboration between the dynamic president Theodore Roosevelt and renown American sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens resulted in new designs for both the twenty dollar gold coin and the ten dollar gold coin. The new design on the eagle featured a native American on the obverse, and a st ... |
The Balboa, the official currency of Panama, derives its name from the Spanish explorer Vasco Núñez de Balboa. Vasco Núñez de Balboa is renowned for being the first European explorer to reach the Pacific Ocean from the Americas. In 1513, he led an expedition across the Isthmus of Panama and was ... |