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Panama City / Money & payments

Panama Balboa or US Dollar? How Money Works for Visitors

Panama uses both: the balboa is the legal unit, pegged one to one, but every banknote is a US dollar. Why that dates from 1904, which coins you will get, and what shops must accept.

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