100 Dollars 20th Anniversary of Independence

Trinidad and Tobago achieved independence from Britain on August 31, 1962, and the twentieth anniversary fell during the premiership of George Chambers, who had succeeded the founding father Eric Williams just a year earlier following Williams's death in March 1981. The commemorative program that produced this piece was therefore shaped by a government still navigating the transition away from the dominant political personality of the country's entire post-colonial history.

The .500 fineness is notably low for a gold commemorative of this period, reflecting a deliberate decision to keep the issue accessible in price rather than produce a smaller coin at higher purity.