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25 Gulden - Beatrix Olympics
| Issuer | Bank of the Netherlands Antilles (Bank van de Nederlandse Antillen) |
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| Year | 1995 |
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| Thickness | 2.8 mm |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse depicts a dynamic, high-relief figure of a weightlifter in the clean-and-jerk position, arms fully extended overhead bearing a loaded barbell, rendered in a bold modernist style. Behind the athlete, stylized concentric arc lines suggest motion and athletic achievement. The circular legend OLYMPISCHE SPELEN curves along the upper and right periphery, with the centennial dates 1896 and 1996 inscribed in two lines to the right of the central figure, commemorating one hundred years of the modern Olympic Games. |
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Issued to mark the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games, this piece was struck the preceding year — a common enough practice for commemorative programs where sales windows need to open well before the event itself. The Netherlands Antilles had no athletes competing under any particular distinction at Atlanta, making this less a national celebration than a licensing arrangement; the island federation produced Olympic-themed silver throughout the 1990s as a reliable hard-currency revenue stream.
The .925 fineness places it in line with the broader Dutch commemorative silver standard of the period.