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100 Dollars Sailing Ships
| Issuer | Government of Antigua & Barbuda |
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| Year | 1981 |
| Type | Souvenir banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | GOVERNMENT OF ANTIGUA & BARBUDA CAPT. THOMAS ANSTIS'S BRIGANTINE GOOD FORTUNE 23K ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS |
| Reverse description | The reverse is struck in bold relief on 23K gold foil and presents a sweeping panoramic landscape vignette occupying the central field, rendered with richly textured rolling terrain and atmospheric cloud formations. An oval medallion at lower left carries the arms of Antigua and Barbuda, while a second oval medallion at right bears a portrait bust, both framed within decorative borders. Denomination numerals appear in cartouches at all four corners, with the issuing authority and independence commemorative inscriptions along the upper margin and the value legend in a panel at the base. |
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Antigua and Barbuda gained independence from Britain on 1 November 1981, and this note was issued to mark that event — one of the earliest numismatic releases under the new government's own authority. Whether it ever functioned as genuine legal tender in any practical sense is a separate question; pieces like this were conceived for collectors from the outset.
Alan D'Estrehan was a Antiguan artist whose work appeared across several of the new nation's early commemorative issues. The .999 silver substrate backed with 23-karat gold foil is a production method associated with a handful of specialist manufacturers catering to the Caribbean commemorative market in the early 1980s — technically ambitious for the period, and deliberately showy.