Tag: Dutch

• Going All In for the Aruba 5 Florin

  

  The Aruba Florin (AWG) was instituted in 1986 when the island became an autonomous nation within the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Historically, Aruba’s status as part of the Netherlands Antilles was that of a colony. The origins of the term florin may date to gold coins circulating in Florence as of 1252, bearing that name.…

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  January 20, 2025

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  Aruba, banknotes, beach, currency, Dutch, Florin, island, Papiamento, pre-Colombian, travel, turtle

• 5 Gulden Netherlands Antilles: Out of Touch but Not Out of Reach

  

  The 5 Gulden (ANG) note is part of the “bird series” that was introduced by the Bank of the Netherlands Antilles in 1986. It lived as a banknote for over 10 years until it became replaced by a coin of the same value in 1998. The dimensions of the note are 147 x 66 mm…

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  September 19, 2023

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  artist, bank, banknotes, birds, Caribbean, collecting, Curaçao, currency, dollars, Dutch, guilder, gulden, money, Netherlands Antilles, numismatics, oriole, series, Sint Maarten