Trinidadian Dollar in Barbadian dollar

TTD Trinidadian Dollar

Country of application:
Trinidad and Tobago

Coin denominations in circulation:
1, 5, 10, 25, 50 cents.

Denominations of banknotes in circulation:
1, 5, 10, 20, 50, 100 dollars.

History reference:
The dollar (currency code - TTD) has been the official currency of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago since 1964 (before that, the British West Indies dollar was in circulation in the country). The ...history of currency in the former British colony of Trinidad and Tobago is closely linked to the history of the British Eastern Caribbean territories as a whole. The first currency used was the Spanish dollar, also known as the "figure of eight", which began to circulate in the 16th century. Proposals for the establishment of landowner-oriented banks in the West Indies were made in 1661 by the British government and in 1690 by Sir Thomas Dalby. Despite this, and the Queen Annes Proclamation of 1704, which brought the West Indies on the gold standard, the eight silver coins (Spanish dollars and then Mexican dollars) continued to form the bulk of circulating currency well into the second half of the nineteenth century.

BBD Barbadian dollar

Country of application:
Barbados

Coin denominations in circulation:
5, 10, 25 cents, 1 dollar.

Denominations of banknotes in circulation:
2, 5, 10, 20, 50, 100 dollars.

History reference:
BBD (Barbadian dollar) is the national currency of the Caribbean island nation of Barbados. Barbados is an island nation in the Lesser Antilles off the coast of South America. Both the Spanish and th...e Portuguese claimed the island during their periods of colonial expansion, but it was the British who later established a colony there in 1627. Since 1949, with the introduction of the British West Indies dollar, the currency of Barbados has become officially associated with the activities of the British Eastern Caribbean and the territory as a whole. Between 1938 and 1949, the government of Barbados issued paper banknotes in dollars. The last private bank notes were issued in 1949. British pound sterling coins were replaced with new coins in 1955. In 1965, the East Caribbean dollar replaced the British West Indies dollar in Barbados.