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200 Dobras
| Issuer | Banco Central de S. Tomé e Príncipe |
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| Year | 2016 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in shades of red, pink, and orange on a multicolour guilloche underprint, with a large vignette of the Banco Central building in São Tomé occupying the centre, overlaid by a bold numeral "200" at lower right and left. The national arms appear in the upper left area alongside a vignette of a Charaxes defulvata butterfly, while a colour-shifting holographic security patch in the form of repeated numerals and butterfly motifs is positioned to the right of centre. Two facsimile signatures — those of the Minister of Finance, Commerce and Blue Economy and the Governor of the Banco Central — appear beneath the security patch, with the issuing authority legend across the lower centre. |
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| Protection description | Rei Amador portrait and electrotype butterfly; embedded security thread; colour-shifting holographic patch with repeated numeral "200" and butterfly motifs. |
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The 200 Dobras was reintroduced as a paper denomination in 2016 after a gap in the series — São Tomé and Príncipe had dollarized informally through heavy reliance on the euro and the West African CFA franc peg, making low-value domestic notes something of an afterthought for much of the 2000s. Thomas De La Rue's production run reflects the island nation's continued preference for a London printer over regional alternatives, a relationship that has persisted across multiple series.
P#75 carries a holographic patch, which is notably robust security for a denomination of this modest face value.