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25 000 Dobras Treaty with European Union
| Issuer | Banco Central de São Tomé e Príncipe |
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| Year | 1993 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#69 |
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| Reverse description | A scenic coastal panorama dominates the reverse, depicting two period Portuguese caravels under sail in the foreground waters, with a colonial-era fortified settlement and tropical palm trees rendered along the shoreline in the middle ground. A ring of twelve stars arcs across the upper field, referencing the European Community emblem. The dates 1470 and 1980 appear to the left, commemorating the discovery of the islands and the anniversary of the accord. The denomination 25000 DOBRAS and the dual-currency value 50 ECU are inscribed in two lines across the lower field, with the legend 15º ANIVERSÁRIO DO ACORDO COM CEE along the upper border. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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São Tomé e Príncipe signed a cooperation agreement with the European Community in 1989, part of the broader Lomé Convention framework that tied ACP nations to preferential trade arrangements with Europe. This coin was issued four years later, presumably to mark ongoing diplomatic engagement rather than any single treaty event — the island state had limited leverage in those negotiations and was largely a beneficiary of aid provisions rather than an active party shaping terms.
KM#69 is one of several gold commemoratives the Banco Central issued in the early 1990s targeting the collector market rather than domestic circulation.