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30 Dollars Playful singer of the deep
| Issuer | Government of Antigua & Barbuda |
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| Year | 1981 |
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| Currency | Dollar (1965-date) |
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| Obverse description | Gold foil note issued on a dark substrate to commemorate Antigua and Barbuda's independence of November 1981, with the central vignette rendered in relief showing a coastal island landscape with sea and sky. The national coat of arms appears in an oval medallion at the left border, while a portrait of Queen Elizabeth II occupies a corresponding oval at the right; denomination numerals '30' are set in guilloche roundels at each corner. A facsimile signature of the Minister of Finance appears at the lower centre, above the denomination legend 'THIRTY DOLLARS' in a cartouche framed by ornamental floral scrollwork. |
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| Obverse lettering | 30 GOVERNMENT OF ANTIGUA & BARBUDA 30 INDEPENDENCE NOVEMBER 1981 Minister of Finance 30 THIRTY DOLLARS 30 |
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Antigua & Barbuda gained independence on 1 November 1981, and this $30 gold foil note was among the commemorative issues tied directly to that event — a denomination with no practical monetary function, produced purely for the philatelic and numismatic market. The "Playful singer of the deep" epithet almost certainly references the humpback whale, a species with documented presence in the waters around the Leeward Islands and known for its complex vocalizations.
Gold foil notes of this type were a minor industry in newly independent Caribbean states during the early 1980s, typically manufactured by specialist firms with no connection to the territory's actual central banking infrastructure.