East Timor centavo coins
East Timor centavo coins were introduced in East Timor in 2003 for use alongside United States dollar banknotes and coins, which had been introduced in 2000 to replace the Indonesian rupiah following the commencement of U.N. administration. One centavo is equal to one US cent. Coins issued for general circulation are in denominations of 1, 5, 10, 25 and 50 centavos and feature images of local plants and animals. East Timor does not yet issue its own banknotes.
East Timor centavo coins | |
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Centavo de Timor-Leste (Portuguese) Doit Timór-Leste nian (Tetum) | |
Current Circulating Coins. The 10 centavos coin is larger than the U.S. dime. | |
Denominations | |
Superunit | |
100 | dollar |
Subunit | |
0.01 | point |
Banknotes | not yet issued 1 |
Coins | 1, 5, 10, 25, 50, 100 and 200 centavos |
Demographics | |
User(s) | |
Issuance | |
Central bank | East Timor |
Valuation | |
Pegged with | United States dollar (at 1:100 ratio) |
1 East Timor now uses U.S. dollar notes. |
The coins are minted in Lisbon by the Imprensa Nacional-Casa da Moeda, the Portuguese national mint. Unlike coins issued for the Panamanian balboa or the Ecuadorian centavo, these coins are not identical in size to their U.S. cent counterparts.
East Timor centavo coins[1][2] | |||||||
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Image | Value | Technical parameters | Description | ||||
Reverse | Obverse | Diameter | Composition | Weight | Reverse | Obverse | |
1 centavo | 17 mm | Nickel-coated steel | 3.1 g | Nautilus shell, state title, year of emission | Value, word centavo or centavos, kaibauk representation below value, tais pattern along border | ||
5 centavos | 18.75 mm | 4.1 g | Rice plant, state title, year of emission | ||||
10 centavos | 20.75 mm | 5.2 g | Fighting rooster, state title, year of emission | ||||
25 centavos | 21.25 mm | Nickel-brass | 5.85 g | Traditional fishing boat (beiro), state title, year of emission | |||
50 centavos | 25 mm | 6.5 g | Coffee beans, state title, year of emission | ||||
100 centavos | 23.75 mm | Nickel-brass ring with a cupronickel center plug | 7.25 g | Boaventura de Manufahi; state title, year of emission | |||
200 centavos | 25.5 mm | Cupronickel ring with a brass center plug | 8.46 g | Buffalo in rice paddy with Matebian background; state title, year of emission | |||
See also
- Centavo – article about the use of centavos worldwide
- Economy of East Timor
References
- Source: Banking and Payments Authority of East Timor's Public Instruction Number 01/2004 Concerning the Issuance and Use of Coins in Timor-Leste Archived 2009-09-30 at the Wayback Machine
- "Central Bank Issues 200 Centavos Coin". Banco Central de Timor-Leste. 2017-09-13. Retrieved 2018-01-25.
External links
Media related to Coins of East Timor at Wikimedia Commons - Banking and Payments Authority of Timor-leste
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