Product Description
SCWPM.#53 - TBB.#B227a - Date: 2012
Grade: Unc - Signature: 8 - Prefix: AD
Commemorative issue: Series 2006: 2012 on overprint
Description: - Colour: Gold and olive green. Front: Red-capped cardinal bird on branch; red CELEBRATING 50 YEARS OF INDEPENDENCE 1962-2012 overprint around coat of arms; red-capped cardinal as registration device; Depth Image holographic patch.
Back: Red-capped cardinal; Eric Williams Financial Complex in Port of Spain; Red House (Parliament building). - 2-mm wide windowed security thread with demetalized CBTT50.
Watermark: Red-capped cardinal, electrotype 50, and Cornerstones.
Printer: (TDLR). - Size: 156 x 66 mm
General information: 2012 Commemorative Issues
On 20 June 2012, the Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago unveiled this 50-dollar note commemorating the nations 50th independence anniversary. “A limited number of notes” carry the following red text around the coat of arms at center front:
CELEBRATING 50 YEARS OF INDEPENDENCE 1962-2012. The commemorative notes with overprint and regular issue notes without overprint are both legal tender, and entered circulation at face value in July 2012.
Source: The Banknotebook.
