10 Dollars - Elizabeth II Royal Visit, Silver Proof Issue

Antigua and Barbuda gained full independence in 1981, and the 1985 royal visit marked one of Queen Elizabeth II's periodic tours of the newly sovereign Eastern Caribbean states — part of a broader effort to maintain Commonwealth ties in a region where republican sentiment was beginning to surface. The visit itself was brief, touching several Windward and Leeward islands within days.

The .925 silver proof version shares its design with an earlier cupro-nickel circulation strike, distinguished solely by composition and finish — a common approach for CARICOM-era commemoratives produced largely for the overseas collector market rather than domestic use.