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1000 Dobras Olympics 1992
| Issuer | Banco Central de São Tomé e Príncipe |
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| Year | 1990 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse lettering | REPÚBLICA DEMOCRÁTICA DE S. TOMÉ E PRÍNCIPE 1000 DOBRAS 1990 |
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| Reverse lettering | XXV JOGOS OLÍMPICOS DE VERÃO 1992 1000 DOBRAS |
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São Tomé e Príncipe issued this piece ahead of the 1992 Barcelona Games as part of a broader wave of Olympic-themed silver struck by small-nation mints looking to generate hard currency revenue through collector sales rather than circulation. The island nation had no Olympic team competing in Barcelona — the coins were a fiscal instrument, not a commemorative gesture.