1000 Dobras Atlanta Olympics 1996 - Track and Field

São Tomé e Príncipe issued this piece three years before the Atlanta Games opened — a common practice among small island nations whose central banks licensed Olympic themes through intermediary distributors well in advance of the event. These issues were never intended for circulation; the archipelago's population of under 150,000 had little use for a 1000 dobras coin in daily commerce, and the entire series was produced for the international collector market.