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100 Florin
| Issuer | Banco Central di Aruba |
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| Year | 1986 |
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| Currency | Florin (1986-date) |
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| Obverse description | Green intaglio-printed note with the national flag of Aruba in an ornate shield vignette at left, bearing the four-pointed star on horizontal stripes. At center, a panoramic aerial vignette of coastal resort hotels along the shoreline, with the legend "ARUBA" below; two facsimile signatures appear between the flag and the central vignette under the titles "DE DIRECTEUR" and "DE PRESIDENT". A geometric guilloche panel at right bears the large numeral "100", while a Greek-key border frames the entire design. |
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| Obverse lettering | BANCO CENTRAL DI ARUBA HONDERD FLORIN DE DIRECTEUR DE PRESIDENT ARUBA 100 JOH. ENSCHEDE EN ZONEN (Translation: Central Bank of Aruba / One Hundred Florin / The Director / The President / Aruba / 100 / Joh. Enschedé and Sons) |
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Aruba separated from the Netherlands Antilles on 1 January 1986, gaining Status Aparte as a distinct autonomous country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The Centrale Bank van Aruba was established the same day, and this 100 Florin note — part of the island's first independent currency series — was issued that same inaugural year. The compressed timeline meant the entire currency program had to be designed, printed, and delivered essentially concurrent with the political transition itself.
Enschedé's involvement was the obvious choice; the Haarlem printer had handled Netherlands Antilles currency for decades and already had an established relationship with Dutch Caribbean monetary institutions.