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100 Dollars Sailing Ships
| Issuer | Government of Antigua & Barbuda |
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| Year | 1981 |
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| Designer(s) | Alan D'Estrehan |
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| Obverse lettering | GOVERNMENT OF ANTIGUA & BARBUDA 23K WILLIAM TAYLOR'S VICTORY ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS |
| Reverse description | The reverse is executed entirely in 23K gold foil relief, with a central vignette of a rugged coastal or island landscape rendered in bold raised relief. To the lower left, the national coat of arms appears within a raised oval cartouche, while a portrait medallion of a female figure — likely Queen Elizabeth II — occupies a corresponding cartouche at the lower right. Denomination numerals "100" are repeated at each corner, and the commemorative independence inscription is positioned below the upper border tablet. |
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Antigua and Barbuda had been independent for less than a year when this note was issued — the nation achieved sovereignty from Britain in November 1981. This piece was never intended for circulation; it belongs to a short-lived genre of legal-tender collector issues produced by several newly independent Caribbean states in the early 1980s, partly as revenue instruments dressed in national symbolism.
The .999 silver substrate bonded to 23-karat gold foil was a deliberate collector pitch, not a monetary one. Alan D'Estrehan's involvement places it within a small circle of designers working the Caribbean commemorative market at the time.