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5 Cents Magnetic
| Issuer | Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago |
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| Year | 2017-2023 |
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| Currency | Dollar (1964-date) |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBLIC OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO TOGETHER WE ASPIRE TOGETHER WE ACHIEVE 2017 |
| Reverse description | A highly detailed rendering of a bird of paradise (Rufous-tailed Jacamar or Tanager, emblematic of Trinidad's fauna) perched on a branch occupies the left and upper portions of the field, its elaborate plumage and tail feathers cascading downward in fine relief. The numeral '5' is prominently displayed to the right in large, bold characters. The denomination legend 'CENTS' is inscribed in capital letters along the lower field, completing the face value inscription. |
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| Additional information |
The shift to copper plated steel for Trinidad and Tobago's five-cent piece was driven by the same commodity economics that pushed dozens of issuing authorities away from solid copper and bronze alloys in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries — the metal value of older coins was creeping uncomfortably close to face value. The magnetic property is strictly a byproduct of the steel core, useful for automated coin sorting but not an engineering goal in itself.