1981 ANTIGUA/BARBUDA $100 GOLD PIRATE ANNE BONNY

1981 ANTIGUA & BARBUDA $100 GOLD NOTE

WOMAN PIRATE ANNE BONNY BOARDS JOHN HALMAN'S SLOOP

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

PIRATE ANNE BONNY WAS BORN IN 1697 IN IRELAND THE ILLEGITIMATE DAUGHTER OF A LAWYER. HER PARENTS MOVED TO CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA AND AT 16 SHE MARRIED A PIRATE CALLED JAMES BONNY

SHE AND MARY READ WERE PIRATES UNDER CALICO JACK RACKAM. THE TWO LADIES WERE ALSO LOVERS OF RACKAM.

IN 1720 THEY WERE CAPTURED, TRIED AND SENTENCED TO DEATH IN JAMAICA. HOWEVER BOTH OF THE WOMAN CLAIMED THEY WERE PREGNANT AND WERE SPARED. MARY READ DIED IN PRISON AND IT REALLY ISNT KNOWN WHAT HAPPENED TO BONNY.

THERE ARE CLAIMS THAT HER FATHER PAID A RANSOM AND BONNY WENT BACK TO CHARLESTON AND HAD RACKAM'S CHILD. THE STORY GOES ON TO SAY SHE MARRIED SOMEONE THERE, HAD 8 CHILDREN AND DIED IN 1782

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