<Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Valuation </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Inflation </Th> <Td> 1.9% November 2017 </Td> </Tr> <P> The dollar (currency code TTD) is the currency of Trinidad and Tobago . It is normally abbreviated with the dollar sign $, or alternatively TT $to distinguish it from other dollar - denominated currencies . It is subdivided into 100 cents . Its predecessor currencies are the Trinidadian dollar and the Tobagan dollar . </P> <P> The history of currency in the former British colony of Trinidad and Tobago closely follows that of the British Eastern Caribbean territories in general . Even though Queen Anne's proclamation of 1704 brought the gold standard to the West Indies, silver pieces of eight (Spanish dollars and later Mexican dollars) continued to form a major portion of the circulating currency right into the latter half of the nineteenth century . </P>

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