On 18 August 2024, Trindad and Tobago announced plans to revise the island’s coat of arms for the first time since its creation in 1962 to remove references to European colonization. Christopher Columbus’ three ships — the Pinta, the Niña, and the Santa María — will be replaced with theRead More…
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In a press release dated 5 August 2020, the Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago has unveiled the designs of the backs of the previously announced new polymer note family.Read More…
On 9 December 2019, the Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago introduced a new 100-dollar note on polymer substrate with significantly enhanced security. The polymer 100-dollar notes replaced the preceding paper notes, which lost their legal tender status on 31 December 2019. On 21 February 2020, the bank unveiled conceptRead More…
While working on coverage of the private bank issues in Trinidad and Tobago, we came across this delightful vignette from the back of a Union Bank of Halifax 20-dollar note provisionally overprinted for Trinidad in 1904. Post a comment below if you can correctly identify the breed of dog. BonusRead More…
On 9 December 2019, the Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago introduced a new 100-dollar note on polymer substrate with significantly enhanced security. The bank intends to expand the range of polymer notes to the other denominations (1 to 50 dollars) in March 2020. The polymer notes will replace the precedingRead More…