1981 ANTIGUA/BARBUDA $100 GOLD PIRATE CAPTAIN KIDD

1981 ANTIGUA & BARBUDA $100 GOLD NOTE

CAPTAIN WILLIAM KIDD AND THE "ADVENTURE GALLEY"

THIS NOTE IS 23 KARAT GOLD ON BONDED PAPER

OBVERSE SHOWS A PICTURE OF THE "VICTORY"

REVERSE SHOWS "INDEPENDENCE NOVEMBER 1981" OVER ISLAND VIEW

GEM CRISP UNCIRCULATED-INCIDENTALLY THE SCANNED PICTURE DOES NOT SHOW THE TRUE NICE GOLD COLOR OF THESE NOTES-IN FACT THEY HAVE THE SAME COLOR AS A 999.9 GOLD BAR

THE NOTE IS SERIAL NUMBERED

THIS IS 1 OF 30 DIFFERENT ISSUES IN A SET THAT WAS ISSUED TO COMMEMORATE TREASURE SHIPS AND PIRATES

CAPTAIN WILLIAM KIDD WAS A PIRATE IN THE LAST HALF OF THE 17TH CENTURY

IN 1896 KIDD WAS GIVEN A COMMISSION BY FRIENDS OF THE ENGLISH GOVERNMENT TO HUNT DOWN PIRATES IN THE INDIAN OCEAN. HE ALSO WAS GIVEN A NEW SHIP-THE 34 GUN "ADVENTURE GALLEY"

WHEN HE REACHED THE INDIAN OCEAN HE CHANGED HIS MIND AND WENT LOOKING FOR TREASURE SHIPS IN THE RED SEA.

HOWEVER THE FIRST ENCOUNTER HE HAD WASNT SUCCESSFUL. WHEN HE ATTEMPTED TO ATTACK SHIPS OF THE EAST INDIA COMPANY HE WAS DRIVEN OFF AND HE HEADED BACK TO THE MALABAR COAST OF INDIA.

HE FOUND SOME SUCCESS BUT AFTER TWO YEARS HE TORCHED HIS "ADVENTURE GALLEY" AND HEADED BACK TO NEW YORK

WHEN HE ARRIVED IN NEW YORK THE POLITICAL CLIMATE HAD CHANGED AND HE WAS ARRESTED AND SENT TO ENGLAND WHERE ON MAY 23RD, 1701 HE WAS HUNG NOT ONCE BUT TWICE. THE FIRST TIME THE ROPE SNAPPED SO THEY STRUNG HIM UP AGAIN AND HUNG HIM TILL HE DIED

""""Happy Bidding """"