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4 Dollars Atlantic Star, Obverse Trial
| Issuer | Government of Anguilla |
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| Year | 1969-1970 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse description | Central device depicts a large three-masted sailing vessel, identified as the Atlantic Star, rendered in fine relief and sailing rightward across stylized waves. The rigging, sails, and small flags at the mastheads are rendered in precise detail, with clouds and seabirds visible in the upper field. The legend GOVERNMENT OF ANGUILLA arcs around the left and upper periphery in bold upright Latin capitals, separated from the central device by a continuous beaded border. The ship's name ATLANTIC STAR appears in the lower field beneath the beaded inner circle, above a decorative wreath tied at its base. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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Anguilla's 1969–1970 coinage emerged from one of the stranger episodes in Caribbean decolonization: after Britain handed administrative control of the island to the newly formed state of St. Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla in 1967, Anguillans almost immediately rebelled, expelled the St. Kitts police, and began operating as a self-declared independent territory. These trial pieces were produced as the breakaway administration attempted to establish functional institutions — including its own currency — before Britain intervened with a near-farcical "invasion" of 300 paratroopers in 1969 to restore order.
The pattern never progressed to circulation. Britain reasserted direct rule, and Anguilla formally separated from St. Kitts only in 1980.