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100 Dollars Sailing Ships
| Issuer | Government of Antigua & Barbuda |
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| Year | 1981 |
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| Value | 100 Dollars |
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| Reverse description | Executed entirely in 23-karat gold foil relief, the reverse carries a central vignette of a rugged coastal or mountainous landscape. A circular medallion at lower left bears the arms of Antigua and Barbuda, while a portrait medallion at right presents a female figure; the independence commemorative legend appears below the upper border, and "ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS" is inscribed in bold relief along the lower panel. |
| Reverse lettering | GOVERNMENT OF ANTIGUA & BARBUDA INDEPENDENCE NOVEMBER 1981 MINISTRY OF FINANCE ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS 100 |
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This note belongs to the short-lived series of legal tender collector issues produced for several Eastern Caribbean states in the early 1980s, a period when newly independent governments were actively seeking revenue outside conventional tourism and tax receipts. Antigua and Barbuda had gained full independence from Britain only in November 1981, and this issue was timed — almost certainly deliberately — to coincide with that transition.
D'Estrehan's involvement links it to a small network of American designers producing prestige numismatic items for Caribbean sovereigns during this period. The .999 fine silver substrate with 23-karat gold foil application was a technically ambitious production choice that has caused long-term preservation problems: delamination at the foil edges is a documented issue across surviving examples.