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30 Dollars Colorful sea creatures
| Issuer | Government of Antigua & Barbuda |
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| Year | 1981 |
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| Currency | Dollar (1965-date) |
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| Reverse description | Gold foil reverse on a dark background dominated by a large embossed central vignette of an underwater reef scene, with two Four-eye Butterflyfish rendered in fine relief swimming among coral formations and sea vegetation. The denomination "30" is repeated in each corner within decorative cartouches, and a floral guilloche border frames the composition. The caption "Four-eye Butterflyfish" appears within the central vignette, with "THIRTY DOLLARS" inscribed in a ruled panel along the lower margin beneath a foliate ornamental frieze. |
| Reverse lettering | 30 GOVERNMENT OF ANTIGUA & BARBUDA 30 Four-eye Butterflyfish 30 THIRTY DOLLARS 30 |
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Issued to mark the third anniversary of Antiguan independence, this gold foil note was never intended for circulation — it belongs to a category of commemorative currency produced in the early 1980s when several newly independent Caribbean states experimented with precious-metal and novelty substrates as a revenue stream from collectors rather than from commerce. The gold foil format made standard printing impossible; the imagery was instead stamped and embossed into the material.
Antigua & Barbuda achieved full independence from Britain on 1 November 1981, which dates this piece precisely.