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100 Dollars Sailing Ships
| Issuer | Government of Antigua & Barbuda |
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| Year | 1981 |
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| Size | 153 × 70 mm |
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| Obverse lettering | GOVERNMENT OF ANTIGUA & BARBUDA 23K HENRY AVERY'S GANG-I-SAWAY ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS 100 |
| Reverse description | Central vignette in bold relief on 23K gold foil presents a panoramic coastal or seascape scene with rolling waves and rocky shoreline rendered in high relief. A circular medallion bearing the national arms appears at the lower left, and a portrait medallion of Queen Elizabeth II is positioned at the lower right. Denomination numerals "100" occupy each corner, with the independence commemorative legend inscribed below the top border and "ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS" along the bottom, flanked by ornamental guilloche elements. |
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Antigua and Barbuda gained independence on 1 November 1981, and this note was issued as part of that commemorative moment — one of several Caribbean microstates that produced legal-tender silver-foil notes in the early 1980s through arrangements with private minting firms rather than through any central banking mechanism. The denomination is nominal; no one was expected to spend it.
Alan D'Estrehan was a Antiguan artist whose work appeared across several of the island's early independence commemorative issues. The .999 silver substrate with 23-karat gold foil overlay places this firmly in the collectible novelty category rather than the monetary one — a distinction the issuing government was almost certainly indifferent to, given the hard currency such sales generated abroad.