Catalog
100 Florin
| Issuer | Centrale Bank van Aruba |
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| Year | 1990 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Olive-green and multicolour note centred on a vignette of the Colombian four-eyed frog (Pleurodema brachyops), rendered in naturalistic detail against a guilloche underprint. The denomination 100 FLORIN appears in the upper left and lower right corners. The issuer name CENTRALE BANK VAN ARUBA and the species name DORI - PLEURODEMA BRACHYOPS are inscribed within the design. |
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| Reverse lettering | ORANJESTAD ARUBA 1 JANUARI 1990 joh. enschedé en zonen imp. © auteursrecht centrale bank van aruba evelino fingal inv. (Translation: Oranjestad Aruba January 1, 1990 Joh. Enschedé and Sons printers © Copyright Central Bank of Aruba Evelino Fingal designer) |
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Aruba had only separated from the Netherlands Antilles in 1986, and the Centrale Bank van Aruba was barely operational when this note entered circulation four years later. The entire first series was a deliberate nation-building exercise, with local designer Evelino Fingal commissioned to ensure the imagery was distinctly Aruban rather than recycled from Antillean precedents.
Enschedé had printed Netherlands Antilles notes for decades, so the technical relationship was already established. At the 100 Florin level, the watermark remains the primary security measure — modest by later standards, but consistent with what the young institution could specify and procure at the time.