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 Several East Timorese coins. | |
| Denominations | |
| Superunit | |
| 100 | United States dollar |
| Banknotes | not yet issued1 |
| Coins | 1, 5, 10, 25, 50, 100 and 200 centavos |
| Demographics | |
| User(s) |  Timor-Leste(alongside theU.S. dollar) |
| Issuance | |
| Central bank | Timor-Leste |
| Valuation | |
| Pegged with | United States dollar (at 1:100 ratio) |
1Timor-Leste also usesU.S. dollar notes. | |
Timor-Leste centavo coins were introduced inTimor-Leste (East Timor) in 2003 for use alongsideUnited States dollarbanknotes andcoins, which were introduced in 2000 to replace theIndonesian rupiah following the commencement ofU.N. administration. One centavo is equal to one U.S. 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. In 2013 a 100 centavos coin was introduced followed by a 200 centavos coin in 2017. The higher value coins, equivalent toUS$1 andUS$2 respectively, were designed to reduce the expense of replacing low-denomination U.S. banknotes as they wear out.[1] As of 2024, Timor-Leste does not yet issue its own banknotes.
The centavo coins are minted inLisbon by theImprensa Nacional-Casa da Moeda, the Portuguese national mint. Unlike coins issued for thePanamanian balboa or theEcuadorian centavo, the East Timorese coins are not identical in size to their U.S. cent counterparts.
| Timor-Leste centavo coins[2][3] | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Image | Value | Technical parameters | Description | ||||
| Reverse | Obverse | Diameter | Composition | Weight | Reverse | Obverse | |
 | 1 centavo | 17 mm | Nickel-coatedsteel | 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 acupronickel center plug | 7.25 g | Boaventura de Manufahi; state title, year of emission | ||
 | 200 centavos | 25.5 mm | Cupronickel ring with abrass center plug | 8.46 g | Swamp buffalo inrice paddy withMatebian background; state title, year of emission | ||
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