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30 Dollars Startling Splendor
| 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 to commemorate Antigua and Barbuda's independence of November 1981, struck on a dark background with all design elements rendered in relief gold. The central vignette presents a sweeping coastal landscape with layered cliffs and shoreline, flanked by an oval vignette of the national coat of arms at left and a portrait of Queen Elizabeth II in an oval medallion at right. Ornate floral cornerpieces carry the denomination numeral 30 in each corner, with a facsimile signature of the Minister of Finance and the legend THIRTY DOLLARS in a panel at the foot of the note. |
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| Reverse lettering | 30 GOVERNMENT OF ANTIGUA & BARBUDA 30 Queen Of The Night Cactus 30 THIRTY DOLLARS 30 |
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Antigua and Barbuda gained independence on 1 November 1981, and this $30 note was issued as a commemorative piece marking that event — the denomination itself chosen to mirror the date rather than serve any transactional purpose. Gold foil construction places it firmly outside circulating currency; it was a souvenir item from the outset.
The face value of thirty dollars was never a denomination in the Eastern Caribbean Currency Authority's regular series, which makes redemption at face value a largely theoretical proposition.