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1000 Dobras Atlanta Olympics 1996 - Swimming
| Issuer | Banco Central de São Tomé e Príncipe |
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| Year | 1993 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse description | The national coat of arms of São Tomé and Príncipe is depicted in the center of the field, featuring a shield supported by two African grey parrots with wings displayed, a five-pointed star above the shield, and scrolls bearing the national mottoes UNIDADE, DISCIPLINA, and TRABALHO. The circular legend REPUBLICA DEMOCRATICA DE S. TOME E PRINCIPE runs along the upper periphery, while the denomination 1000 DOBRAS appears as an arc across the upper inner field. The coin exhibits a deeply mirrored proof finish with frosted relief devices. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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São Tomé e Príncipe issued this piece three years before the Atlanta Games as part of a broader wave of Olympic-themed coinage that flooded the market in the early 1990s, largely underwritten by international marketing firms contracting with small-nation mints and central banks seeking hard currency revenue. The island nation had no athletes competing in swimming at Atlanta.