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30 Dollars One of a kind
| Issuer | Government of Antigua & Barbuda |
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| Year | 1981 |
| Type | Souvenir banknote |
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| Obverse description | Gold foil note issued on a black substrate to commemorate Antiguan independence in November 1981, with all design elements rendered in embossed relief. The central vignette presents a panoramic coastal landscape with rolling hills and shoreline, flanked at left by an oval medallion bearing the national coat of arms and at right by an oval portrait of Queen Elizabeth II. The denomination numeral 30 appears in ornate corner cartouches, with the title "Minister of Finance" and a facsimile signature in the lower centre, beneath which a guilloche-framed panel carries the legend THIRTY DOLLARS. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse, also executed entirely in embossed gold foil on a black substrate, carries a central oval vignette of a Black Skimmer in flight set against a hatched background, framed by coconut palms whose fronds extend across the full width of the note. Denomination numerals 30 occupy all four corners within ornamental cartouches, and a decorative guilloche border runs along the lower margin. The issuer inscription spans the top in a raised panel, with the value legend THIRTY DOLLARS in a framed tablet at the base. |
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Antigua and Barbuda gained independence on 1 November 1981, and this $30 note — denomination chosen to mark thirty years of something, most likely the Associated Statehood anniversary of 1967 or simply the independence year rendered as a dollar figure — was produced as a commemorative piece rather than a circulating instrument. Gold foil construction places it firmly in the souvenir and numismatic gift category, the kind of item issued by nascent governments eager to generate foreign exchange through collector sales.
No conventional central bank backed this issue. Such pieces from newly independent Caribbean states in the early 1980s were typically contracted through private manufacturers and carry no Pick catalog number of substance.