São Tomé and Príncipe had no surfing tradition and no Olympic team competing in Atlanta — this is straightforwardly a revenue piece, produced three years before the Games for the international collector market. The island nation issued a sprawling series of Atlanta 1996 themed coins across multiple sports, none with any particular national connection to the events depicted.
São Tomé and Príncipe had no surfing tradition and no Olympic team competing in Atlanta — this is straightforwardly a revenue piece, produced three years before the Games for the international collector market. The island nation issued a sprawling series of Atlanta 1996 themed coins across multiple sports, none with any particular national connection to the events depicted.