There are now 36 governments that use the DOLLAR as their
monetary unit. Some of these governments share one currency,
while in other cases a government will use the currency of another
nation rather than issue a currency of their own.
Thus, the Australian Dollar is used by Kiribati and Tuvalu, while
the United States Dollar is used by the British Virgin Islands, the
Marshall Islands, Palau, Turks and Caicos, Panama (although Panama
uses the term "Balboa" as it's monetary unit on coins), and Liberia,
which has from time to time issued it's own dollar notes.
The island nations of Anguilla, Antigua, Dominica, Grenada,
Montserrat, St. Kitts, St. Lucia and St. Vincent all join in issuing
the East Caribbean Dollar.
To complete a set of the world's Dollar notes, one must collect
22 different ones - and they make a very colorful display.
Compared to the value of the U.S. Dollar, only one dollar has a
greater value, the Cayman Islands Dollar is worth US$1.20, while the
Guyana dollar is worth only
US$0.006. |
Approximate value of the local Dollar in U.S.
Dollars:
Australia |
.66 |
|
Guyana |
.006 |
Bahamas |
1.00 |
|
Hong Kong |
.13 |
Barbados |
.50 |
|
Jamaica |
.03 |
Belize |
.50 |
|
Liberia (own issue) |
.03 |
Bermuda |
1.00 |
|
Malaysia |
.26 |
Brunei |
.59 |
|
New Zealand |
.56 |
Security Features |
Security Thread - In the same position on
the left half of the notes running top to bottom. |
|
Water Marks: a) Bird of paradise - of
a more elaborate design in the right half of the note. b)
Denomination - the denomination of the note appears in the right
half of the note at intervals running from top to bottom. |
Florescent Ink |
a) The vignette of Birds on the left
front. b) Present at the back of the note running top to
bottom on the left part when looked at from the back. This is
for the internal use of the Central Bank. |
Latent Image |
The letters CBTT are visible below the Coat of Arms
when the note is held at an angle to the light and viewed from the
lower edge of the note. |
Extra Small Print |
"Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago" is repeated in
a continuous line of letters below the Coat of Arms. The line
is visible with the use of a magnifying lens. |
General Printing |
Front Multicolor intaglio, litho, and letter
press. Back - monochrome, itaglio, litho. |
Signature |
Euric Bobb, Governor, (first signer of this
issue). |
Design
Denomination |
|
$1 |
The same basic red color with variations. The Coat-of-Arms
of Trinidad and Tobago are in the middle on the front of the note
and a pair of Scarlet Ibis birds are at the left.
The back of the note carries a drawing of the Financial Complex
in the middle with a vignette on the right of an energy based
plant. |
$5 |
Primary green with variations. The Coat-of-Arms appears on
the front in the middle of the note with a portrait of the mot-mot
bird on the left.
The back carries the drawing of the Financial Complex in the
middle with a market scene on the right. |
$10 |
Primarily a grey color with variations. The Coat-of-Arms
again appears on the front with the Cocrico Bird at the left.
The back of the note carries the Financial Complex in the middle
with a port scene at the right. |
$20 |
Primarily purple with variations. The Coat-of-Arms appears
on the front in the middle with a feeding Humming Bird in green on
the left.
The back of the note bears the drawing of the Financial Complex
in the middle with an arragement of steel-pans on the
right. |
$100 |
Primarily blue with variations. A Bird of Paradise in brown
appears on the front to the left of the Coat-of-Arms.
On the back of the note, a Marine Platform appears on the right
of the drawing of the Financial
Complex. |
Courtesy: Central Bank of Trinidad and
Tobago. |