Panama and the canal . ilAP .—The Caxal Zone. at least, it was the same as our American dollar. But itsvalue ^^as less than one cent. Imagine taking a Colom-bian .S5 bill to a bank and getting in exchange for it anAmerican nickel. An amusing story is told by a gentle-man from New York, who invited the United States consulto a dinner at a hotel in the City of Panama. When themeal was over he found that it had cost him $1,400 in Co- 134 THE AMERICAN WAY. COINS AND STAMPS 13s lombian money, and was not much of a dinner at gold dollar is now the standard money in the CanalZone, though coi
Panama and the canal . ilAP .—The Caxal Zone. at least, it was the same as our American dollar. But itsvalue ^^as less than one cent. Imagine taking a Colom-bian .S5 bill to a bank and getting in exchange for it anAmerican nickel. An amusing story is told by a gentle-man from New York, who invited the United States consulto a dinner at a hotel in the City of Panama. When themeal was over he found that it had cost him $1,400 in Co- 134 THE AMERICAN WAY. COINS AND STAMPS 13s lombian money, and was not much of a dinner at gold dollar is now the standard money in the CanalZone, though coins of the Republic of Panama are alsoused. The Balboa is the standard Panama coin. It isof silver, about the size of our own sih-er dollar, and worthfifty cents.
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