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2000 Dobras Third Christian Millennium
| Issuer | São Tomé and Príncipe |
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| Year | 1998-1999 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse lettering | REPÚBLICA DEMOCRÁTICA DE S. TOMÉ E PRÍNCIPE 1998 |
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| Reverse lettering | O TERCEIRO MILENIO |
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São Tomé and Príncipe issued a wave of commemorative coinage in the late 1990s largely driven by export to collector markets rather than domestic circulation — the archipelago's tiny population and dollarized economy made large-format copper-nickel pieces economically impractical at home. The millennium theme was among the most aggressively marketed numismatic subjects of that decade, with dozens of small-nation issuers worldwide contracting with European minting houses to produce pieces aimed squarely at thematic collectors.
The KM#86a designation distinguishes the copper-nickel composition from a silver variant struck for the same issue.