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50 Florin
| Issuer | Centrale Bank van Aruba |
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| Year | 1993 |
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| Size | 147 × 66 mm |
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| Reverse description | Red-brown and multicolour reverse centred on a Pre-Columbian mosaic design rendered in a geometric, decorative style. The serial number appears at the lower right and upper left, set against a fine guilloche underprint in complementary tones. |
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| Protection description | Stylized tree |
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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.