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1000 Dollars
| Issuer | Government of Trinidad and Tobago |
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| Year | 1914 |
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| Printer | Thomas De La Rue & Company, London, United Kingdom |
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| Obverse lettering | THE GOVERNMENT OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO Promises to pay the Bearer on demand the sum of ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS THOUSAND 1000 1000 Punch perforated CANCELLED Thomas de La Rue, London |
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| Reverse lettering | 1000 1000 THOUSAND Punch perforated CANCELLED |
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The Government of Trinidad and Tobago currency notes of this period were colonial instruments issued under British authority, with De La Rue handling production in London — a firm that dominated British colonial currency contracts throughout the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. A $1,000 face value in 1914 was an extraordinary sum for the Caribbean; this was not retail money. These notes moved between merchants, estates, and banking houses, not across shop counters.
Surviving examples from the P#2 series are exceptionally rare. The denomination alone guaranteed low print runs and limited circulation, and wartime disruptions after mid-1914 further complicated distribution and recall cycles.