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10 Florins - Beatrix Carnival
| Issuer | Central Bank of Aruba |
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| Year | 2009 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Reverse description | Central motif depicting a highly stylized Carnival feathered face mask rendered in fine detail, with radiating plumes extending toward the periphery and stylized eye openings visible at the center. The legend CARNAVAL 55 arcs along the upper rim, commemorating the 55th anniversary of Aruba's Carnival, while the founding year 1955 and the commemorative year 2009 flank the mask at left and right respectively. The denomination 10 FLORIN appears in the lower central field, with ARUBA 2009 inscribed along the bottom rim. |
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| Reverse lettering | CARNAVAL 55 1955 2009 10 FLORIN ARUBA 2009 |
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Aruba's gold florins occupy a narrow collector niche — small-format bullion-adjacent issues from a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, struck in limited numbers for the collector market rather than circulation. The carnival theme ties to Aruba's annual February event, one of the Caribbean's more elaborately organized, which the island has used as a recurring subject across its commemorative program.
At just over 1.24 grams, this is fractional gold in the most literal sense — closer in concept to a ducat subdivision than a modern coin.