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50 Cêntimos FAO: Fisheries
| Issuer | São Tomé and Príncipe |
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| Year | 1977 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A large fish, rendered in relief and depicted in profile facing left, occupies the upper central field, surrounded by stylized aquatic vegetation evoking an underwater scene consistent with the FAO Fisheries theme. The denomination '50' appears in large numerals in the lower central field, with 'CÊNTIMOS' inscribed in an arc beneath. The circular legend 'AUMENTEMOS A PRODUÇÃO' curves along the upper periphery, flanked by two raised dots serving as separators at the left and right of the legend. |
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São Tomé and Príncipe gained independence from Portugal in July 1975, and this 1977 issue belongs to the country's first wave of national coinage — struck just two years into self-governance. The FAO series was a deliberate economic signaling exercise: the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization co-sponsored coin programs across dozens of newly independent and developing nations throughout the 1970s, encouraging themes tied to each country's primary food production sector. For the islands, fishing was the obvious choice, given their position in the Gulf of Guinea and their near-total economic dependence on artisanal and subsistence fisheries at the time.