Catalog
50 Dobras
| Issuer | Banco Central de S. Tomé e Príncipe |
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| Year | 2016-2024 |
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| Composition | Cotton paper |
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| Reverse lettering | CINQUENTA DOBRAS Tchintchinchólò (Ploceus sanctithomae) BANCO CENTRAL S. TOMÉ E PRÍNCIPE (Translation: FIFTY DOBRAS São Tomé weaver (Ploceus sanctithomae) Central Bank of Sao Tome and Principe) |
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| Protection description | Rei Amador portrait and electrotype butterfly; embedded security thread; holographic butterfly sticker at right of obverse. |
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São Tomé and Príncipe has maintained the dobra through two separate currencies — the original dobra (STD) ran from 1977 until 2018, when the country redenominated at 1,000:1 and introduced the second dobra (STN). This note belongs to the transitional series that straddled that reform, remaining legal tender across the changeover as the central bank worked through a phased replacement of older stock.
Thomas De La Rue has printed São Tomé's banknotes for decades, a relationship typical of Lusophone African states whose printing infrastructure remains outsourced to European security printers. At the 50 dobra denomination, actual demand in circulation is low — the note occupies an awkward position just above coinage thresholds.