Trinidad and Tobago gained independence in August 1962, but the Central Bank itself was not established until December 1964 — meaning this note was issued almost simultaneously with the bank's own founding. Bradbury Wilkinson had long served Caribbean dependencies and former colonies as a reliable prestige printer, and the early CBTT series leaned heavily on that relationship before the bank developed its own institutional identity.
The fractional serial number prefix variant under Bruce's signature is the scarcer of the two prefix types and is routinely undervalued in general Caribbean listings.
Trinidad and Tobago gained independence in August 1962, but the Central Bank itself was not established until December 1964 — meaning this note was issued almost simultaneously with the bank's own founding. Bradbury Wilkinson had long served Caribbean dependencies and former colonies as a reliable prestige printer, and the early CBTT series leaned heavily on that relationship before the bank developed its own institutional identity.
The fractional serial number prefix variant under Bruce's signature is the scarcer of the two prefix types and is routinely undervalued in general Caribbean listings.