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100 Dollars Sailing Ships
| Issuer | Government of Antigua & Barbuda |
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| Year | 1981 |
| Type | Souvenir banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | GOVERNMENT OF ANTIGUA & BARBUDA 23 K CASSANDRA AND FANCY ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS |
| Reverse description | Central field in bold 23K gold foil relief renders a dramatic coastal or seascape panorama with rolling waves and rocky shoreline. To the lower left, an oval vignette contains the national coat of arms of Antigua and Barbuda, while an oval portrait medallion at the lower right bears a female effigy. Corner cartouches carry the denomination numeral '100', and decorative floral ornaments appear at the lower corners. The issuer and independence commemorative legends are inscribed along the upper border, with the value legend and floral guilloche running along the foot. |
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Antigua and Barbuda gained independence on 1 November 1981, and this note was issued as part of that commemorative moment — a collector piece rather than anything that ever changed hands at a market stall. The .999 fine silver substrate pressed against 23-karat gold foil is a production oddity: not a bimetallic coin trick but a genuine laminated sheet note, a format that remained a curiosity in the numismatic trade through the 1980s.
Alan D'Estrehan's involvement places this squarely in the small world of Caribbean commemorative issue design of that decade. Mintage figures were tightly controlled, and the notes were sold primarily through philatelic and numismatic bureaus rather than through banking channels.