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100 Guilders Olympic Games 1996, Athlete
| Issuer | Centrale Bank van Suriname |
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| Year | 1996 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A female athlete is depicted in the central field, shown in athletic attire and holding the national flag of Suriname aloft. The inscription OLYMPIC GAMES ATLANTA 1996 arcs across the upper portion of the field, commemorating Suriname's participation in the 1996 Summer Olympic Games in Atlanta. The denomination 100 GUILDERS is inscribed in the lower portion of the field beneath the central figure. |
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Suriname's participation in the 1996 Atlanta Olympics was largely symbolic — the country had never won an Olympic medal and sent a small delegation. The Centrale Bank issued this piece as part of a broader pattern among small Caribbean and South American nations of licensing Olympic-themed coinage in the 1990s, a revenue strategy that had little to do with athletic ambition and everything to do with the collector market.