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2000 Pesos XXV Summer Olympics
| Issuer | Banco Nacional da Guiné-Bissau |
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| Year | 1991 |
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| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
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| Obverse description | The national coat of arms of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau occupies the central field, featuring a black star above a scallop shell flanked by two crossed elephant tusks, all within a wreath of palm fronds tied by a ribbon bearing the national motto in three segments. The legend REPÚBLICA DA GUINÉ-BISSAU curves along the upper periphery in Latin script, while the denomination 2 000 PESOS is inscribed along the lower periphery. The motto UNIDADE LUTA PROGRESSO appears on the central ribbon of the arms. |
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| Reverse lettering | XXV JOGOS OLIMPICOS 1992 1991 |
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Guinea-Bissau's 1991 Olympic issue was struck ahead of the Barcelona Games, part of a wave of commemorative coinage from small nations leveraging the Olympic licensing framework to generate hard currency. The country had been through a single-party state under the PAIGC since independence in 1974, and its central bank was operating under severe constraints — foreign coin programs like this were one of the few reliable mechanisms for earning convertible revenue.
Nickel-plated steel rather than silver signals the budget tier of this issue unambiguously.