Tag: guilder

• Tiny Wings, Big Bills: Hummingbirds on Paper Money (Part 1)

  

  My wife recently purchased a hummingbird feeder and set it up in our backyard. I’m not quite sure how successful these contraptions are, but I share in our kids’ enthusiasm for the project. We all look forward to seeing these wonders of nature in close proximity. With early May upon us, the timing for their…

  lx

  May 15, 2026

  Caribbean, Central America, South America

  bank, banknotes, beetle, butterfly, colones, forest, guilder, hummingbird, insects, nectar, rabbit, travel, volvano, watermark

• 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…

  lx

  September 19, 2023

  Caribbean

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