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30 Dollars Endangered coastal bird
| Issuer | Government of Antigua & Barbuda |
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| Year | 1981 |
| Type | Souvenir banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | 30 GOVERNMENT OF ANTIGUA & BARBUDA 30 INDEPENDENCE NOVEMBER 1981 Minister of Finance 30 THIRTY DOLLARS 30 |
| Reverse description | Gold foil reverse with an embossed central vignette of three Brown Pelicans rendered in relief against a stylised water scene; the central bird is enclosed within a circular medallion with the species label beneath. Two additional pelicans in animated poses flank the central medallion. The denomination numeral 30 is repeated in all four corners within ornamental frames, with floral column borders at each side and a guilloche-style lower panel. |
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Antigua and Barbuda gained independence from Britain in November 1981, and this gold foil issue was among the commemorative pieces produced in that window of new nationhood. The choice of an endangered coastal bird as the central theme was deliberate — the brown pelican was a recognized symbol of Caribbean ecology at a moment when conservation discourse was gaining traction internationally.
Gold foil "banknotes" of this type occupy an awkward category: legal tender in name, novelty item in practice. Antigua was not alone in issuing them — several small island states used commemorative foil currency in the early 1980s as controlled-mintage collectibles rather than circulating instruments.