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1 Dollar - Elizabeth II
| Issuer | Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago |
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| Year | 1970 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse lettering | GC TOGETHER · WE · ASPIRE · TOGETHER · WE · ACHIEVE |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Trinidad and Tobago gained independence in 1962 but retained British coinage infrastructure for years afterward. The 1970 date carries particular weight: that February, the country was shaken by the Black Power movement, a prolonged uprising that shook the Williams government and eventually triggered a state of emergency in April. The Central Bank had only been established in 1964, and this dollar series represented an early assertion of independent monetary administration for a nation still finding its footing.
The nickel composition replaced an earlier cupro-nickel alloy — hence the KM#7a designation distinguishing it from its predecessor.