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30 Dollars - Elizabeth II Yorktown 1781
| Issuer | Antigua and Barbuda |
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| Year | 1982 |
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| Value | 30 Dollars |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
| Obverse lettering | ANTIGUA & BARBUDA INDEPENDENCE NOVEMBER 1981 1982 30 DOLLARS |
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Issued to mark the bicentennial of the Siege of Yorktown, this coin acknowledges one of the more historically awkward anniversaries a British Commonwealth nation could observe — the decisive defeat that ended British rule in America. Antigua and Barbuda gained full independence in November 1981, just months before this coin was struck, which adds a quiet irony to the timing.
The .500 fineness places this squarely in the era of budget commemorative silver flooding Caribbean markets in the early 1980s, aimed primarily at collector export rather than domestic circulation.