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| Issuer | Banco Central de São Tomé e Príncipe |
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| Year | 1999 |
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| Currency | First Dobra (1977-2017) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
| Obverse lettering | REPÚBLICA DEMOCRÁTICA DE S. TOMÉ E PRÍNCIPE 1999 |
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São Tomé and Príncipe has issued foreign-themed collector coins since the 1990s as a straightforward hard-currency revenue strategy — the islands' domestic economy generating little numismatic demand of its own. This piece is part of a broader series commemorating Irish coinage, issued the same year Ireland was preparing to retire its punt in anticipation of euro adoption on 1 January 2002. The Irish 5 pence itself had roots in the 1969 decimalisation, which replaced the pre-decimal sixpence at an exact 1:1 conversion rate.