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10 Florins - Beatrix Marriage
| Issuer | Central Bank of Aruba |
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| Year | 2002 |
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| Composition | Silver (.925) |
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| Obverse description | Bare-headed effigy of Queen Beatrix facing left, rendered in high relief with fine sculptural detail. The circular legend surrounds the portrait along the periphery of the field. The design is austere and dignified, characteristic of Dutch royal coinage of the period. |
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| Reverse description | Conjoined or juxtaposed double portrait of Crown Prince Willem-Alexander and Máxima Zorreguieta commemorating their marriage, with the denomination and date inscribed below. The reverse legend identifies the couple by name, and the date 2.2.2002 records the date of their wedding. The design is engraved by Geoffrey Colley in a contemporary commemorative style. |
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Aruba's commemorative coinage program has always operated on a small scale — the island's total population hovers around 100,000 — making authorized mintages modest by design. This piece marks the 2002 marriage of Crown Princess Beatrix's son, Prince Willem-Alexander, to Máxima Zorreguieta, a union that drew scrutiny in the Netherlands partly because Máxima's father had served in Argentina's military junta during the Dirty War and was asked not to attend the wedding ceremony.