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10 000 Pesos XXV Olympic Games-Floor Exercise
| Issuer | Guinea-Bissau (1976-date) |
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| Year | 1992 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
| Obverse lettering | REPÚBLICA DA GUINÉ-BISSAU UNIDADE LUTA PROGRESSO 10000 PESOS |
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Guinea-Bissau issued this piece as part of a broader Olympic commemorative program for the Barcelona Games — an ambitious numismatic venture for a country that had only formalized its independence from Portugal in 1974 and whose economy remained deeply fragile throughout the early 1990s. The series was almost certainly produced under contract by a European mint rather than any domestic facility, as Guinea-Bissau has never operated its own coinage infrastructure.
Floor exercise as a subject places this among the more obscure selections in the Olympic commemorative genre, where swimming and athletics typically dominate.