One scoped currency identity. Changes to subdivisions, scale, standard, instruments or issuers do not by themselves create children. A distinct account unit can remain a successor. Current currency in the inherited endpoint register. Dated observations: 1964; this does not establish the entire lifetime.
Evidence within this identity, not separate currencies.
Trinidad and Tobago dollarFTM000516 · C191
Monetary history 2 events
Includes dated issues, standards, subdivisions and institutional changes. Each event retains the source's date qualifications.
1964First issue
Bundesbank dates Trinidad and Tobago’s 1:1 dollar changeover to 14 December 1964.
C191
12 December 1964; not the 14 December cash transitionCurrency provisions commencement
Inference: The consolidated Trinidad and Tobago Act gives 12 December 1964 as commencement for the relevant currency provisions; this is distinct from the previously sourced 14 December cash transition.
C460
Evidence & research notes 4 claims
Dated observations, not a proven complete lifespan.
Supported C191
Bundesbank dates Trinidad and Tobago’s 1:1 dollar changeover to 14 December 1964.
Deutsche Bundesbank · Metadata on the Exchange Rate Statistics, 24 September 2025Citation S98 · Open source ↗
PDF p. 245
Source access and limitations
Historical reference, not a 2026 legal-status audit.
Only selected country milestones used.
Inference C460
The consolidated Trinidad and Tobago Act gives 12 December 1964 as commencement for the relevant currency provisions; this is distinct from the previously sourced 14 December cash transition.
Trinidad and Tobago Ministry of Legal Affairs; issuer-hosted copy · Central Bank Act, Chapter 79:02 — updated to 31 December 2015Citation S207 · Open source ↗
commencement table, printed p.8; comparison with C191
Source access and limitations
Amended 1994 redemption clause is not the original 1964 exchange rule.
Section 21(4) preserves former British Caribbean Currency Board tender until 1 January 1966 or an earlier date specified by Gazette notice.
Trinidad and Tobago Ministry of Legal Affairs; issuer-hosted copy · Central Bank Act, Chapter 79:02 — updated to 31 December 2015Citation S207 · Open source ↗
s.21(4), printed p.21
Source access and limitations
Amended 1994 redemption clause is not the original 1964 exchange rule.
The consolidation’s one-year claim window after 1 December 1994 is a later amended provision, not proof of the original 1964 redemption schedule.
Trinidad and Tobago Ministry of Legal Affairs; issuer-hosted copy · Central Bank Act, Chapter 79:02 — updated to 31 December 2015Citation S207 · Open source ↗
s.21(4) and 1994 amendment annotation
Source access and limitations
Amended 1994 redemption clause is not the original 1964 exchange rule.