Catalog
1 Dollar - Elizabeth II Independence
| Issuer | Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago |
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| Year | 1972 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse lettering | ONE DOLLAR |
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Trinidad and Tobago gained independence from Britain in August 1962, but the country's first decimal coinage series — replacing the Eastern Caribbean dollar — wasn't introduced until 1964. This 1972 dollar falls within that early post-independence series, issued as the young nation was consolidating its monetary institutions ahead of becoming a republic in 1976. The Central Bank itself had only been established in 1964, the same year the new coinage launched.