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Pair of Dutch Caribbean coins announced

Local | By Correspondent January 15, 2019

WILLEMSTAD - Two additional commemorative coins for the year were announced at the end of 2018 by Koninklijke Nederlandse Munt for the Dutch Caribbean territories.

Dutch Caribbean coin

First up was a 29 mm, 11.9 g, .925 fine silver 5 guilder proof marking 190 years of the Central bank of Curaçao and Sint Maarten. Mintage was 550.

The second was a 38 mm, 25 g, .925 fine silver Aruba 5 florin proof. The colored reverse shows “Soldachi,” the tiny hermit crab known as (Coenobita clypeatus) by its scientific pals. Mintage was 750.

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