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5 Cents
| Issuer | Trinidad and Tobago |
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| Year | 1983-1984 |
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| Diameter | 21.15 mm |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBLIC OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO TOGETHER WE ASPIRE TOGETHER WE ACHIEVE FM |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Trinidad and Tobago's bronze 5-cent pieces from this period were struck during a moment of unusual fiscal confidence — the country was still riding oil revenues generated by the 1970s petroleum boom, which had transformed it into one of the wealthiest nations per capita in the Caribbean. Within a few years of this issue, oil prices collapsed, and the economic contraction that followed forced a significant rethinking of the coinage program, including eventual moves toward cheaper alloys.