Antilles guilder

Antilles guilder
Country:	Curacao *  Sint Maarten *  Aruba * until 1986 Bonaire until 2010 Saba until 2010 Sint Eustatius until 2010       0* independent country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands
Subdivision:	100 cents
ISO 4217 code :	ANG
Abbreviation:	NAƒ
Exchange rate : (August 24, 2020)	1  USD  = 1.79 ANG (fixed) 1  EUR  = 2.1206 ANG 1 ANG = 0.47156 EUR 1  CHF  = 1.9706 ANG 1 ANG = 0.50745 CHF

The (Dutch) Antilles guilder ( Dutch Antilliaanse gulden ) is the currency of the independent Dutch countries Curaçao and Sint Maarten . The guilder was introduced as the currency of the former Netherlands Antilles and was the currency in Aruba until 1986, when Aruba separated from the Netherlands Antilles.

history

The guilder was pegged to the Dutch currency until 1940, and since then it has been valued at a fixed exchange rate against the US dollar . This rate has been 1 USD = 1.79 ANG since 1979 (as with the Aruba Florin ).

At a conference in Willemstad at the end of August 2009, dollarization was also discussed for Curaçao and Sint Maarten . As an alternative, the conversion of the Antilles guilder to the Caribbean guilder was planned for 2012 .

With the dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles in 2010 , the end of the currency was decided. In the special municipalities of Bonaire , Saba and Sint Eustatius , the national currency was replaced by the US dollar on January 1, 2011 .

The new currency, the Caribbean guilder , has not yet been introduced. Curaçao and Sint Maarten still use the Antilles guilder, new coins with current dates, the unchanged country name De Nederlandse Antillen and, since 2014, with the portrait of the new King Willem-Alexander are still being minted.

Cash

Banknotes are issued at 10, 25, 50 and 100 guilders. In addition, there are still a few banknotes of 5 and 250 guilders from the 1986–1994 issue in circulation.

In place of the 25 and 250 guilders banknotes, the Caribbean guilders are said to have 20 and 200 guilders banknotes.

The following coins are in circulation

value	material	diameter	Weight	front	back	edge
1 cent	aluminum	14.0 mm	0.7 g	"NEDERLANDSE ANTILLEN", double circle with a fruit-bearing orange branch	"1 C" in a beaded rim with shells, year of issue
5 cents	aluminum	16.0 mm	1.16 g	"NEDERLANDSE ANTILLEN", double circle with a fruit-bearing orange branch	"5 C" in a beaded rim with shells, year of issue
10 cents	Nickel / steel	18.0 mm	3.0 g	"NEDERLANDSE ANTILLEN", double circle with a fruit-bearing orange branch	“10 C” in a beaded rim with shells, year of issue
25 cents	Nickel / steel	20.2 mm	3.5 g	"NEDERLANDSE ANTILLEN", double circle with a fruit-bearing orange branch	"25 C" in a beaded rim with shells, year of issue
50 cents	Aureate Bonded Steel (ABS)	20 × 20 mm square with rounded corners	5.0 g	"NEDERLANDSE ANTILLEN", double circle with a fruit-bearing orange branch	"50 CENT" in a beaded rim with shells, year of issue
1 guilder	Aureate Bonded Steel (ABS)	24.0 mm	6.0 g	Illustration of the king with the inscription "WILLEM-ALEXANDER KONING DER NEDERLANDEN"	Coat of arms of the Netherlands Antilles, "1 G", "NEDERLANDSE ANTILLEN", year of issue, MZ *, MMM *	"GOD * ZIJ * MET * ONS *" ( God be with us )
2½ guilders	Aureate Bonded Steel (ABS)	28.0 mm	9.0 g	Image of the queen with the inscription "BEATRIX KONINGIN DER NEDERLANDEN"	Coat of arms of the Netherlands Antilles, "2½ G", "NEDERLANDSE ANTILLEN", year of issue, MZ *, MMM *	"GOD * ZIJ * MET * ONS *" ( God be with us )
5 guilders	Aureate Bonded Steel (ABS)	26.0 mm	14.0 g	Illustration of the king with the inscription "WILLEM-ALEXANDER KONING DER NEDERLANDEN"	Coat of arms of the Netherlands Antilles, "5 G", "NEDERLANDSE ANTILLEN", year of issue, MZ *, MMM *	"GOD * ZIJ * MET * ONS *" ( God be with us )

* MZ = mint mark

* MMZ = mint master's mark

Web links

Wiktionary: Antilles guilder  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

• Centrale Bank van Curaçao en Sint Maarten (Central Bank of Curaçao and Sint Maarten)
• The banknotes of Curaçao and Sint Maarten

Remarks

1. ↑ NAf: Netherlands Antilles Florijn .
2. ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original dated May 24, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
3. ↑ http://www.minbzk.nl/onderwerpen/de-nederlandse/nieuwe-staatkundige/blindganger/veelgestelde-vAGEN#blw_Economie
4. ↑ Onzekerheid funest voor economische groei ( Memento of the original from January 16, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
5. ↑ 1 guilder coin from 2014
6. ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from October 3, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.