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30 Dollars Beauties in blue
| Issuer | Government of Antigua & Barbuda |
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| Year | 1981 |
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| Value | 30 Dollars (30 XCD) |
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| Reverse description | Gold foil note on black substrate, with the entire central field occupied by a finely embossed naturalist vignette of a Blue-Hooded Euphonia perched among foliage to the left and a Blue Passion Flower in full bloom to the right. Ornate laurel-branch borders frame the design on both sides, with the denomination 30 in circular cartouches at each corner. The issuer title and denomination legend are inscribed in the upper and lower panels respectively. |
| Reverse lettering | 30 GOVERNMENT OF ANTIGUA & BARBUDA 30 Blue-Hooded Euphonia / Blue Passion Flower 30 THIRTY DOLLARS 30 |
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Issued to mark the royal wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer on 29 July 1981, this gold foil novelty piece was produced as a souvenir item rather than genuine circulating currency. Antigua & Barbuda was one of several Caribbean territories that released commemorative "notes" in this format during the early 1980s — the $30 denomination being purely ceremonial, chosen to align with the wedding date rather than any monetary logic.
The gold foil substrate makes these susceptible to creasing and delamination, and truly flat examples are harder to find than the issue quantity might suggest.