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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 BARTOLOMEO RETAKING THE SPANISH GALLEON ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS |
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| Reverse lettering | GOVERNMENT OF ANTIGUA & BARBUDA INDEPENDENCE NOVEMBER 1981 MINISTRY OF FINANCE ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS |
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Antigua and Barbuda had been independent for less than a year when this piece was issued — the country formally separated from the Associated State of Antigua on November 1, 1981. The $100 denomination places it firmly in the commemorative/souvenir category rather than any circulating series; no paper currency infrastructure existed to put something this size into daily use.
Alan D'Estrehan's involvement is documented but his wider body of work in Caribbean numismatic design is poorly catalogued. The .999 silver substrate with 23-karat gold foil overlay was a production method gaining traction among small-nation commemorative issues in the early 1980s, when novelty of materials was doing most of the collecting appeal's heavy lifting.