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100 Dollars Sailing Ships
| Issuer | Government of Antigua & Barbuda |
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| Year | 1981 |
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| Value | 100 Dollars |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette in bold relief on a 23K gold foil ground presents Major Stede Bonnet's sloop Royal James under full sail at sea, with a second vessel visible on the horizon to the right. Ornate floral and foliate border panels frame both vertical edges, with denomination numerals in oval cartouches at all four corners. The legend 'GOVERNMENT OF ANTIGUA & BARBUDA' runs along the top border, with '23K' and 'Major Bonnet's Sloop' inscribed flanking the central vignette, and 'ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS' in bold relief across the lower panel. |
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| Reverse lettering | GOVERNMENT OF ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA INDEPENDENCE NOVEMBER 1981 MINISTRY OF FINANCE ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS |
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This note was issued as part of a broader commemorative program tied to the Eastern Caribbean territories, produced shortly after Antigua and Barbuda achieved full independence in November 1981. The unusual material construction — fine silver sheet bonded against gold foil — places it firmly outside normal currency production and into the territory of limited legal tender issues intended entirely for numismatic sale rather than commerce.
D'Estrehan's involvement connects it to a small cluster of similar prestige issues from the same period, several of which were marketed through Franklin Mint-adjacent distribution channels in North America.