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30 Dollars Colorful sea creatures
| Issuer | Government of Antigua & Barbuda |
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| Year | 1981 |
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| Value | 30 Dollars (30 XCD) |
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| Obverse description | Gold foil note issued on a dark background to commemorate Antiguan independence in November 1981. The central vignette presents a raised embossed landscape scene with rolling hills or coastal terrain rendered in high relief against the black substrate, flanked by circular medallions bearing the national coat of arms at left and a portrait of Queen Elizabeth II at right. The denomination "30" appears in each corner within ornate cartouches, with the facsimile signature of the Minister of Finance and the legend "THIRTY DOLLARS" set in a ruled panel along the lower border. |
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| Reverse lettering | 30 GOVERNMENT OF ANTIGUA & BARBUDA 30 Four-eye Butterflyfish 30 THIRTY DOLLARS 30 |
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Issued to mark the third anniversary of Antiguan independence, this gold foil note was never intended for circulation — it belongs to a category of commemorative currency produced in the early 1980s when several newly independent Caribbean states experimented with precious-metal and novelty substrates as a revenue stream from collectors rather than from commerce. The gold foil format made standard printing impossible; the imagery was instead stamped and embossed into the material.
Antigua & Barbuda achieved full independence from Britain on 1 November 1981, which dates this piece precisely.