Between 1798 and 1801, shillings were issued which were segments cut from 8 reales coins. In 1804, quarter and half cut real coins were issued as 3 and 6 pence pieces. In 1811, 8 reales coins had holes cut in them. The plugs were issued as 1 shilling coins, with the holed dollars issued as 9 shillings pieces. All coins were countermarked with an incuse "T".
trinidadian, dollar, present, currency, trinidad, tobago, trinidad, tobago, dollar, dollar, currency, trinidad, until, 1814, currency, comprised, various, spanish, dollars, other, spanish, colonial, coins, before, 1811, dollar, worth, shillings, each, pence, a. For the present currency of Trinidad and Tobago see Trinidad and Tobago dollar The dollar was the currency of Trinidad until 1814 The currency comprised various cut Spanish dollars and other Spanish colonial coins Before 1811 the dollar was worth 8 shillings each of 12 pence After 1811 it was worth 9 shillings In 1814 sterling was established as the official currency of the island Since 1905 dollars have once more circulated on Trinidad first the Trinidad and Tobago dollar then the British West Indies dollar before the Trinidad and Tobago dollar was reintroduced Coins editBetween 1798 and 1801 shillings were issued which were segments cut from 8 reales coins In 1804 quarter and half cut real coins were issued as 3 and 6 pence pieces In 1811 8 reales coins had holes cut in them The plugs were issued as 1 shilling coins with the holed dollars issued as 9 shillings pieces All coins were countermarked with an incuse T References edit nbsp Money portal nbsp Numismatics portalKrause Chester L Clifford Mishler 1978 Standard Catalog of World Coins 1979 Edition Colin R Bruce II senior editor 5th ed Krause Publications ISBN 0873410203 nbsp This article about a unit of currency is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This Trinidad and Tobago article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Trinidadian dollar amp oldid 996363047, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
