Netherlands Antilles

Netherlands Antilles

Constituent Country of the Netherlands (1948-2010)

Location: Caribbean

Capital City: Willemstad

Government type: Dutch Dependency

Main languages: Dutch, English, Papiamento

Main religions: Catholic Christianity, Protestant Christianity

Chronology

1948: Curaçao and Dependencies reformed into the Netherlands Antilles, a self-governing union of Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao, Sint Maarten, Saba, and Sint Eustatius

1954: Self-government granted

1986: Aruba leaves the Netherlands Antilles to become a separate territory

2000: Sint Maarten votes in a referendum to separate, prompting the other islands to hold their own referenda

2004: Bonaire and Saba vote to leave the Antilles for closer integration with the Netherlands.

2005: Curaçao votes for separation. Sint Eustatius votes for the status quo.

2010: After negotiations between the Netherlands and the five island governments, the Netherlands Antilles is dissolved. Curaçao and Sint Maarten take on constituent country status like what Aruba had since 1986, and Bonaire and Saba become "public bodies", making them legally part of the Netherlands proper but with a limited degree self-government. Sint Eustatius, the only island that voted to stay in the Netherlands Antilles, chose public body status after deliberation by the island council.

Currency

Gulden (1948-2010)

1 Gulden = 100 Cents

Coins from the Netherlands Antilles in the collection

•1 Cent, 1954 (Queen Juliana (1948-1980), bronze, Utrecht mint, KM#1)

•1 Cent, 1961 (Queen Juliana (1948-1980), bronze, Utrecht mint, KM#1)

•1 Cent, 1963 (Queen Juliana (1948-1980), bronze, Utrecht mint, KM#1)

•1 Cent, 1993 (Queen Beatrix (1980-2010), aluminum, Utrecht mint, KM#32)

•1 Cent, 1999 (Queen Beatrix (1980-2010), aluminum, Utrecht mint, KM#32)

•1 Cent, 2000 (Queen Beatrix (1980-2010), aluminum, Utrecht mint, KM#32)

•2.5 Cent, 1973 (Queen Juliana (1948-1980), bronze, Utrecht mint, KM#9)

•2.5 Cent, 1975 (Queen Juliana (1948-1980), bronze, Utrecht mint, KM#9)

•5 Cent, 1967 (Queen Juliana (1948-1980), cupronickel, Utrecht mint, KM#6)

•5 Cent, 1981 (Queen Beatrix (1980-2010), bronze, Utrecht mint, KM#9)

•5 Cent, 1985 (Queen Beatrix (1980-2010), bronze, Utrecht mint, KM#9)

•5 Cent, 1999 (Queen Beatrix (1980-2010), aluminum, Utrecht mint, KM#33)

•1/10 Gulden, 1963 (Queen Juliana (1948-1980), silver (.640), Utrecht mint, KM#3)

•10 Cent, 1970 (Queen Juliana (1948-1980), nickel, Utrecht mint, KM#10)

•10 Cent, 1981 (Queen Beatrix (1980-2010), nickel, Utrecht mint, KM#10)

•10 Cent, 1982 (Queen Beatrix (1980-2010), nickel, Utrecht mint, KM#10)

•10 Cent, 1989 (Queen Beatrix (1980-2010), nickel-plated steel, Utrecht mint, KM#34)

•10 Cent, 1993 (Queen Beatrix (1980-2010), nickel-plated steel, Utrecht mint, KM#34)

•10 Cent, 1998 (Queen Beatrix (1980-2010), nickel-plated steel, Utrecht mint, KM#34)

•25 Cent, 1991 (Queen Beatrix (1980-2010), nickel-plated steel, Utrecht mint, KM#35)

•25 Cent, 1999 (Queen Beatrix (1980-2010), nickel-plated steel, Utrecht mint, KM#35)

•50 Cent, 1992 (Queen Beatrix (1980-2010), bronze-plated steel, Utrecht mint, KM#36)

•1 Gulden, 1971 (Queen Juliana (1948-1980), nickel, Utrecht mint, KM#12)

•1 Gulden, 1991 (Queen Beatrix (1980-2010), bronze-plated steel, Utrecht mint, KM#37)

•1 Gulden, 1992 (Queen Beatrix (1980-2010), bronze-plated steel, Utrecht mint, KM#37)

•1 Gulden, 2005 (Queen Beatrix (1980-2010), bronze-plated steel, Utrecht mint, KM#37)

Banknotes from the Netherlands Antilles in the collection

•5 Gulden, 1986 (Queen Beatrix (1980-2010), P#22)

•10 Gulden, 1986 (Queen Beatrix (1980-2010), P#23)