Obverse Design The legend "E.B. HEALEY" curves along the top. The lines "EAGLE" and "BAR" go horizontally across the center of the token. There one bow ornament above the "EAGLE BAR" lines and one bow ornament below. The legend "COLON, R. de P." curves along the bottom of the token. "R. de P." is an abbreviation for "REPUBLICA DE PANAMA" which means "REPUBLIC OF PANAMA". There is a circle of beads close to the edge. The token has a smooth plain raised edge.
Reverse Design The legend "GOOD FOR" curves along the top. There is a large "50¢" in the center of the token. Below the "50¢" is the legend "IN" which goes horizontally across the token. The legend "MERCHANDISE" curves along the bottom of the token. There is a circle of beads close to the edge. The token has a smooth plain raised edge.
Metal Aluminum. Weight 1.85 grams. Size and Shape Round, 29 mm in diameter.
Dates Issued Unknown; perhaps from the 1920's or 1930's.
Issurer E.B. Healey.
Mintage Unknown.
Rarity Very Rare. Manufacturer Unknown; design similar to those used by Meyer and Wenthe Company. Other Catalog Numbers None known.
Varieties E.B. Healey issued two "EAGLE BAR" token series and a similar "CRISTOBAL" series. The two "EAGLE BAR" series have some minor differences, but are most easily distinguished by looking at the "IN MERCHANDISE" legend on the reverse. In one series both words are together in one line curving along the bottom edge of the token. In the other series, "IN MERCHANDISE" appears on two lines; "MERCHANDISE" curves along the bottom edge of the token and the word "IN" is centered above it. At present, only examples of the "two line" variety of the fifty cents denomination are known.
Function Merchant token.
Population Count Only one specimen in collector hands is known to me.
Notes Eagle Bar was located in Bottle Alley, Colon.