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5 Dollars - Elizabeth II
| Issuer | Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago |
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| Year | 1964 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Printed in green on a guilloche underprint, the obverse centres on an intaglio portrait vignette of Queen Elizabeth II within a fine lathe-work oval frame, set against a multicolour guilloche background. To the left, the national coat of arms of Trinidad and Tobago is rendered in intaglio, above the statutory legend and serial number; a single Governor signature appears at lower right. Numeral '5' counters occupy the upper corners, with the bank name arched across the top and the denomination panel 'FIVE DOLLARS' along the lower border. |
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| Protection description | Queen Elizabeth II portrait, visible when held to light |
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This note belongs to the transitional series issued when Trinidad and Tobago had just achieved independence in August 1962 but had not yet moved to a fully post-colonial currency identity — the Central Bank itself was only established in 1964, making this among its earliest issues. Bradbury, Wilkinson produced the plate work to their usual exacting standard, though the design retained the colonial visual grammar almost unchanged from pre-independence issues.
The signature combinations are the most cataloguically significant detail here. V. E. Bruce appears across two distinct serial number prefix formats — single letter and fractional — which suggests a longer print run spanning administrative changes in how notes were numbered, rather than a simple replacement issue.