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São Tomé dobra: research record

Evidence coverage: 1976–2017. This is the span of collected observations, not the currency’s lifetime.

This record includes associated currencies and earlier interpretations. The article selects the evidence relevant to its own history.

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Currency continuity

São Tomé dobra

STN · Research draft
One scoped currency identity. Changes to subdivisions, scale, standard, instruments or issuers do not by themselves create children. A distinct account unit can remain a successor.
Current currency in the inherited endpoint register.
Dated observations: 1976–2017; this does not establish the entire lifetime.

Parents / predecessors

São Tomé escudostatutory unit replacement · 1976–1977
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Children / successors

No distinct successor currency is established in the loaded view.

Unit and issue records 1 records

Evidence within this identity, not separate currencies.

Dobra — endpoint research dossierFTM000736 · C562
Monetary history 1 events

Includes dated issues, standards, subdivisions and institutional changes. Each event retains the source's date qualifications.

May 2017: published plan for 2018 reformReform plan

The issuer brochure describes the dobra's 1976 legal creation, first issuance in 1977, and the planned 2018 rescaling at 1,000 old dobras per new-family dobra.

C562
Evidence & research notes 2 claims

Dated observations, not a proven complete lifespan.

Supported C562

The issuer brochure describes the dobra's 1976 legal creation, first issuance in 1977, and the planned 2018 rescaling at 1,000 old dobras per new-family dobra.

Banco Central de São Tomé e Príncipe · Reforma Monetária 2018: Nova Família da Dobra, May 2017 Citation S296 · Open source ↗

PDF pp.3–4 and 8, legal background and conversion plan

Supported C1140

Decree-law 23/76 governed the transition from the São Tomé escudo to the dobra, whose first series circulated in 1977.

Banco Central de São Tomé e Príncipe · Reforma Monetária — compêndio de diplomas legais Citation S542 · Open source ↗

Historical background and decree-law 23/76; escudo-to-dobra transition

Source access and limitations

Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.

Mark indexed, not newly inspected statute.

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