1000 Dobras Atlanta Olympics 1996 - Gymnastics

São Tomé and Príncipe issued a flood of commemorative pieces in the early 1990s with essentially no connection to the events depicted — a straightforward revenue strategy common among small island nations whose coins were destined for overseas collectors rather than domestic pockets. This piece, dated three years before the Atlanta Games actually opened, was part of that pre-Olympic licensing wave that generated hard currency for issuing governments long before any athlete set foot on a mat.