The Cen­tral Bank of Trinidad and To­ba­go has an­nounced that the new Coat of Arms will be in­tro­duced on ban­knotes from Au­gust, be­gin­ning with the Se­ries 2026 TT$100 de­nom­i­na­tion.

In a re­lease yes­ter­day, the bank said the Coat of Arms forms part of the de­sign of all T&T ban­knotes and coins and be­came valid from Feb­ru­ary 25 last year. How­ev­er, it said con­sis­tent with the Na­tion­al Em­blems of Trinidad and To­ba­go (Reg­u­la­tion) (Amend­ment) (Ex­ten­sion of Time for Use of For­mer Coat of Arms) Or­der, 2025, the for­mer Coat of Arms re­mains valid un­til Jan­u­ary 2, 2031.

Ac­cord­ing to the Cen­tral Bank, fol­low­ing the in­tro­duc­tion of the Se­ries 2026 $100 ban­knote, all $100 notes and oth­er de­nom­i­na­tions with Se­ries dates pri­or to 2026, as well as all coins bear­ing the for­mer Coat of Arms, will be changed out on a phased ba­sis. The bank said old notes and coins with the for­mer Coat of Arms that are in ac­tive cir­cu­la­tion will re­main le­gal ten­der un­til Jan­u­ary 2, 2031, or a lat­er date if ex­tend­ed by the Min­is­ter of Home Af­fairs.