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100 Dollars Sailing Ships
| Issuer | Government of Antigua & Barbuda |
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| Year | 1981 |
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| Size | 153 × 70 mm |
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| Obverse lettering | GOVERNMENT OF ANTIGUA & BARBUDA ADMIRAL PIET HEYN TAKES SPANISH TREASURE FLEET 23K ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS 100 |
| Reverse description | Bold relief composition in 23K gold foil showing a panoramic coastal or seascape landscape vignette at centre, with rolling terrain and open sky rendered in high relief. A circular medallion to the lower left contains the coat of arms of Antigua and Barbuda, while a portrait medallion to the right contains a bust of Queen Elizabeth II. Denomination numerals "100" appear in all four corners within scalloped cartouches, and a decorative guilloche border runs along the lower edge flanking the "ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS" legend. |
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Antigua and Barbuda gained full independence from Britain on 1 November 1981, and this note was issued in direct commemoration of that event. At the time, the Eastern Caribbean Currency Authority — not any individual island government — held monetary authority over Antigua; the "Government of Antigua and Barbuda" attribution here is a sovereignty statement as much as a legal one. These were never intended for circulation.
D'Estrehan's involvement in several Caribbean commemorative issues of this period was consistent — the sailing ship theme tied deliberately to the island's colonial maritime past and its annual Sailing Week, by then already an internationally recognized regatta.