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For earlier currencies issued by East Timor, see Portuguese Timorese escudo and Portuguese Timorese pataca.

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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
Banknotes	not issued1
Coins	1, 5, 10, 25, 50, 100 and 200 centavos
Demographics
User(s)	East Timor
Issuance
Central bank	East Timor
Valuation
Pegged with	United States dollar (at 1:100 ratio)
1 East Timor uses U.S. dollar notes.

East Timor centavo coins were introduced in East Timor in 2003 for use alongside United States dollar banknotes and coins, which were introduced in 2000 to replace the Indonesian rupiah following the commencement of U.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 to US$1 and US$2 respectively, were designed to reduce the expense of replacing low-denomination U.S. banknotes as they wear out. As of 2022, East Timor does not yet issue its own banknotes.

Unlike coins issued for the Panamanian balboa or the Ecuadorian centavo, the East Timorese coins are not identical in size to their U.S. cent counterparts.

Production

The centavo coins are minted in Lisbon by the Imprensa Nacional-Casa da Moeda, the Portuguese national mint. De 200 in Australie

Design

East Timor centavo coins (2003–present),

Image	Value	Technical parameters			Description			Date of
		Diameter	Mass	Composition	Edge	Obverse	Reverse	minting	issue	withdrawal	lapse
	1 centavo	17 mm	3.1 g	Nickel-coated steel	Smooth	Value, word centavo or centavos, kaibauk representation below value, tais pattern along border	Nautilus shell, state title, year of emission	2003~2012	10 November 2003	Current
	5 centavos	18.75 mm	4.1 g				Rice plant, state title, year of emission	2003~2017
	10 centavos	20.75 mm	5.2 g				Fighting rooster, state title, year of emission	2003~2012
	25 centavos	21.25 mm	5.85 g	Nickel-brass	Traditional fishing boat (beiro), state title, year of emission		2003~2017
	50 centavos	25 mm	6.5 g		Coffee beans, state title, year of emission		2003~2017
	100 centavos	23.75 mm	7.25 g	Nickel-brass ring with a cupronickel center plug	rand?		Boaventura de Manufahi; state title, year of emission	2012, 2017	13 September 2013
	200 centavos	25.5 mm	8.46 g	Cupronickel ring with a brass center plug	rand?		Water buffalo in rice paddy with Matebian background; state title, year of emission	2017	13 September 2017
These images are to scale at 2.5 pixels per millimetre. For table standards, see the coin specification table.

See also

• Centavo – article about the use of centavos worldwide
• Economy of East Timor

External links

• Media related to Coins of East Timor at Wikimedia Commons
• Banking and Payments Authority of Timor-leste

Category:Circulating currencies Category:Currencies of East Timor Category:Economy of East Timor Category:Currencies introduced in 2003 Category:2003 establishments in East Timor