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50 Cents
| Issuer | Centrale Bank van Aruba |
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| Year | 1986-2023 |
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| Thickness | 1.94 mm |
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| Obverse description | The national coat of arms of Aruba occupies the right-center of the square field, depicting a quartered shield surmounted by a lion passant gardant and flanked by two laurel branches. The inscription ARUBA appears in bold capital letters across the upper portion of the field, separated by a raised horizontal rule. The date is positioned to the lower left of the arms, with two additional horizontal lines framing the legend area above and below. |
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| Obverse lettering | ARUBA 1994 |
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Aruba separated from the Netherlands Antilles on January 1, 1986, gaining "Status Aparte" as an autonomous country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The Central Bank of Aruba was established that same year, and this 50-cent piece belongs to the inaugural coinage series issued to mark that political transition — coins that had to be designed, approved, and struck in time for a hard constitutional deadline.
The nickel-plated steel composition adopted for this denomination replaced the nickel alloys used in Netherlands Antilles coinage, a quiet but deliberate break from the predecessor currency's physical identity.