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1000 Dobras Flora and Fauna - Porcelain Rose
| Issuer | Banco Central de São Tomé e Príncipe |
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| Year | 1995 |
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| Weight | 25 g |
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| Obverse description | The national coat of arms of São Tomé and Príncipe occupies the central field, depicting two sea eagles flanking a shield charged with a palm tree, rendered in partial color with the shield enamelled in green, yellow, and brown. A black five-pointed star surmounts the shield. The legend REPÚBLICA DEMOCRÁTICA DE S. TOMÉ E PRÍNCIPE curves along the upper periphery in raised Latin letters. The date 1995 appears in the lower exergual area, flanked by two small stars. |
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| Obverse lettering | REPÚBLICA DEMOCRÁTICA DE S. TOMÉ E PRÍNCIPE 1995 |
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São Tomé e Príncipe issued a series of Flora and Fauna coins through the mid-1990s largely as a foreign-currency earner — the islands' collector coin program was aimed squarely at overseas buyers, not domestic circulation. The dobra had suffered serious devaluation following the country's transition from single-party socialist rule after 1990, and hard currency from numismatic exports provided a modest but real supplement to the central bank's reserves.
KM#77 is part of that broader series. The porcelain rose — Rosa chinensis — is not native to the archipelago, which tells you something about how these thematic programs were assembled.