10 Dollars Independence, Silver Proof issue

Issued to mark the twentieth anniversary of Trinidad and Tobago's independence from Britain, achieved on August 31, 1962. The proof striking in sterling silver was produced alongside a standard cupro-nickel circulation version — KM#49 — making the .925 issue a deliberate collector piece rather than a monetary instrument from the outset.

Franklin Mint handled production for much of Trinidad and Tobago's commemorative coinage during this period, a relationship common to many Commonwealth-adjacent nations that lacked domestic proof-striking capacity in the early 1980s.