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25 Gulden - Beatrix Discovery of Curaçao
| Issuer | Bank of the Netherlands Antilles (Banco di Antias Hulandes) |
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| Year | 1999 |
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| Composition | Silver (.925) |
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| Obverse description | The crowned coat of arms of the Netherlands Antilles is centered in the field, flanked by the divided date 19-99 at the sides. A scrolled ribbon below the shield bears the motto LIBERTATE UNANIMUS in incuse lettering. The circular legend NEDERLANDSE ANTILLEN arcs around the upper periphery, while the denomination 25 G appears in the lower field beneath the shield. The design is framed by a beaded border. |
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| Obverse lettering | NEDERLANDSE ANTILLEN 1999 LIBERTATE UNANIMUS 25 G |
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Curaçao was sighted by Spanish explorers in 1499 — exactly five centuries before this issue — during an expedition likely led by Alonso de Ojeda and accompanied by Amerigo Vespucci. The Spanish initially dismissed the island as an *isla inútil*, worthless for gold, and used it primarily for livestock before the Dutch West India Company seized it in 1634 and recognized its deep-water harbor as one of the finest in the Caribbean.
The Netherlands Antilles issued this coin just nine years before the political restructuring that would dissolve the Antillean federation entirely in 2010.