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10 Cents
| Issuer | Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago |
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| Year | 1976-2017 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#31, Schön#30 |
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| Reverse description | A boldly rendered Chaconia (Warszewiczia coccinea), the national flower of Trinidad and Tobago, fills the upper and central field with its large, detailed petals and prominent stamens. The numeral '10' appears in large raised characters to the left of center, with the word 'CENTS' inscribed in capitals along the lower field, together forming the denomination below the floral motif. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Trinidad and Tobago gained full independence from Britain in 1962, but the Central Bank wasn't established until 1964 and didn't issue its own decimal coinage until 1976 — replacing a transitional series that still carried colonial design DNA. The 1976 issue marked the first fully sovereign decimal coinage for the twin-island republic.
The extraordinarily long production run across four decades reflects chronic under-replacement rather than deliberate planning. Coins from the 1970s and 1980s turn up in circulation worn nearly smooth alongside near-mint examples from the 2010s.