10 Cents - Elizabeth II

Trinidad and Tobago gained independence in 1962 but retained British coinage until the Central Bank was established in 1964 and a new decimal currency introduced. This issue falls within the early years of that decimal system, struck while the country was navigating significant oil revenue windfalls following the 1973 OPEC crisis — a boom that funded substantial public infrastructure but also drove domestic inflation that gradually eroded the purchasing power of small denominations like this one.