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20 Dobras
| Issuer | Banco Central de S. Tomé e Príncipe |
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| Year | 2016 |
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| Value | 20 Dobras |
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| Obverse description | Predominantly green note with a large vignette of a Charaxes barnsi butterfly rendered in multicolour against a guilloche underprint of interlocking geometric patterns. The national coat of arms appears in the upper centre, flanked by two facsimile signatures — that of the Ministro das Finanças, Comércio e Economia Azul on the right and the Governador do Banco Central below it — alongside a small colourful butterfly vignette at the right margin. The numerals '20' appear in large format at both the left and lower-right, with the bank title 'BANCO CENTRAL DE S. TOMÉ E PRÍNCIPE' in bold letterpress along the lower portion and the decree date inscription centred below. |
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| Reverse lettering | VINTE DOBRAS Rã de S. Tomé (Hyperolius thomensis) BANCO CENTRAL DE S. TOMÉ E PRÍNCIPE PRÍNCIPE Santo Antonio S. TOMÉ Guadalupe Neves São Tomé Trindade Santana São João dos Angolares Equador (Translation: TWENTY DOBRAS São Tomé tree frog (Hyperolius thomensis) Central Bank of São Tomé and Príncipe) |
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| Comments |
The 2016 series marked a significant redesign effort for the Banco Central de São Tomé e Príncipe, with Thomas De La Rue retained as printer — a relationship the bank has maintained across multiple series. The 20 Dobras sits at the low end of the denomination range, and in a small island economy with limited cash infrastructure, low-value notes of this type see disproportionately heavy use and wear out quickly.
Security provision is modest: watermark and thread only, consistent with the note's place in the series hierarchy.