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1000 meticais Athens Olympic Games Runner, Pattern
| Issuer | Banco de Moçambique |
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| Year | 2002 |
| Type | Coin pattern |
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| Obverse description | Central field bears the national coat of arms of Mozambique, depicting a shield surmounted by a five-pointed star, with crossed rifle and hoe over an open book above stylized waves, all supported by decorative foliate elements. The legend REPÚBLICA DE MOÇAMBIQUE arcs along the upper periphery, while the date 2002 is positioned prominently at the bottom of the field. The arms are rendered in fine relief against a polished background, consistent with a prooflike pattern strike. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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Mozambique issued this pattern ahead of the 2004 Athens Olympics, a participation that carried real weight for a country still absorbing the aftermath of devastating floods in 2000 and a peace consolidation barely a decade old following the 1992 Rome General Peace Accords. Olympic commemoratives from sub-Saharan nations in this period were frequently produced by European contract mints for collector markets rather than domestic circulation, and patterns like this one rarely progressed to approved strikes in any volume.
KM# P44 designation confirms it never advanced beyond pattern status.