Netherlands Antilles 2025 - Caribbean Guilder - New coin families

Two new coin families will start circulating by march 2025.

The design of the new Caribbean Guilder draws inspiration from the 'World Under the Sea'.
Fish swim freely, seeing no borders. This serves as a metaphor for the unity shared between the countries of Curaçao and Sint Maarten within its monetary union.
The coins will circulate interchangeably on Curaçao and Sint Maarten.

The small coins share these common sides:



While the other sides are specific of each country:



The big bimetallic coins share these common sides:



While the other sides are specific of each country:



(news from Egon Conti and Pabitra Saha)
(images from www.caribbean-guilder.com)

LINK: Centrale Bank van Curaçao en Sint Maarten

Netherlands Antilles 5 gulden 2013 - Colour flags

New circulating commemoratives:

These two 5 gulden coins have been released in base metal. They are exactly the same, but bear the small coloured flags of Curaçao and Sint Maarten.

This 2013 year is supposed to be the last for Netherlands Antilles coinage, which will be replaced by the Caribbean guilder, the proposed currency of the Caribbean countries of Curaçao and Sint Maarten.



(news and images by Jo Hoogeveen)

Curaçao and Sint Maarten 5 guilder 2013 - Abolition of slavery

New silver proof issue:

"150th Anniversary of the abolition of slavery"



SPECIFICATIONS
Composition: Silver .925
Diameter: 29.00 mm
Weight: 11.90 g
Mint: Koninklijke Nederlandse Munt (the Netherlands)

(news from Pabitra Saha)