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2000 Dobras Portugal - 1 Escudo
| Issuer | São Tomé and Príncipe |
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| Year | 1999 |
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| Currency | First Dobra (1977-2017) |
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| Obverse description | The national coat of arms of São Tomé and Príncipe is displayed prominently in the center of the field, featuring two sea eagles as supporters flanking a central shield adorned with a palm tree, with banners inscribed DISCIPLINA, UNIDADE, and TRABALHO below. The legend REPÚBLICA DEMOCRÁTICA DE S. TOMÉ E PRÍNCIPE curves along the upper periphery, while the date 1999 appears in the lower exergue. The design is executed in high relief against a mirror-polished proof field. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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This piece belongs to a late-1990s commemorative program issued by São Tomé and Príncipe honoring the former colonial power whose currency — the Portuguese escudo — had governed the islands' economy for centuries before independence in 1975. The denomination pairing is deliberately ironic: dobras, the post-independence national currency, used to price a tribute to the escudo it replaced.
Portugal's 1 escudo coin was itself a minor denomination by 1999, months away from obsolescence as the euro absorbed the escudo entirely in 2002.