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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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| Composition | Other (Gold Foil) |
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| Reverse description | The reverse, also executed in embossed gold foil on a dark ground, carries a central vignette of two Humpback Whales rendered in fine relief, surrounded by shoals of small fish, conveying the animals in their natural marine environment. Denomination numerals '30' appear in guilloche roundels at all four corners, flanked by embossed laurel-branch borders running the full height of each side panel. The issuer inscription 'GOVERNMENT OF ANTIGUA & BARBUDA' runs along the top margin, with 'THIRTY DOLLARS' in a ruled cartouche at the lower centre, accompanied by decorative scrollwork. |
| Reverse lettering | 30 GOVERNMENT OF ANTIGUA & BARBUDA 30 Humpback Whale 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.