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50 Florin
| Issuer | Centrale Bank van Aruba |
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| Year | 1993 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | 50 FLORIN WETTIG BETAALMIDDEL CENTRALE BANK VAN ARUBA SHOCO - SPEOTYTO CUNICULARIA ARUBENSIS (Translation: 50 florin Legal tender Central Bank of Aruba Shoco - Speotyto cunicularia arubensis) |
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| Reverse lettering | ORANJESTAD ARUBA 16 JULI 1993 joh. enschedé en zonen imp. © auteursrecht centrale bank van aruba evelino fingal inv. (Translation: Oranjestad Aruba July 16, 1993 Joh. Enschedé and sons printers © Copyright Central Bank of Aruba Evelino Fingal designer) |
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Aruba's separation from the Netherlands Antilles in 1986 as a separate "Status Aparte" constituent country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands required the rapid establishment of independent monetary infrastructure — the Centrale Bank van Aruba opened the same year, and this 1993 issue belongs to the first complete series it produced. Enschedé, printing banknotes continuously since the early eighteenth century, was the natural choice for a small island authority needing internationally credible security printing without a domestic facility.
Evelino Fingal's involvement as designer is notable — locally rooted design commissions for Caribbean currency were still uncommon at this point in the region's monetary history.