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30 Dollars Beauties in blue
| Issuer | Government of Antigua & Barbuda |
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| Year | 1981 |
| Type | Souvenir banknote |
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| Obverse description | Gold foil note on black substrate, with a central vignette of a coastal landscape rendered in high-relief embossing. The state arms of Antigua and Barbuda appear in an oval cartouche at the lower left, with a portrait of Queen Elizabeth II in a matching oval at the lower right. The denomination 30 is repeated in the four corners within ornate circular frames, and a facsimile signature of the Minister of Finance with the denomination legend THIRTY DOLLARS appears along the lower margin. |
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| Reverse lettering | 30 GOVERNMENT OF ANTIGUA & BARBUDA 30 Blue-Hooded Euphonia / Blue Passion Flower 30 THIRTY DOLLARS 30 |
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Issued to mark the royal wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer on 29 July 1981, this gold foil novelty piece was produced as a souvenir item rather than genuine circulating currency. Antigua & Barbuda was one of several Caribbean territories that released commemorative "notes" in this format during the early 1980s — the $30 denomination being purely ceremonial, chosen to align with the wedding date rather than any monetary logic.
The gold foil substrate makes these susceptible to creasing and delamination, and truly flat examples are harder to find than the issue quantity might suggest.