Curacao 25 Cents 2025 UNC—XCG Caribbean Guilder—NO Sint Maarten

1, 2, 5, 10, 25 and 50 cent coins

On the front:

• The country name, “Curaçao” or “Sint Maarten”
• Stylized Caribbean sky and ocean waves
• Orange Blossoms, associated with good fortune across many cultures and symbolize purity, virtue, and fertility. One of the rarest flowers, Orange Blossom bloom and bear fruit simultaneously and are thus a symbol of fruitfulness. The name of the royal house of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is the House of Orange.

On the back:

• Favoured Tellin shells are found throughout the Caribbean and can grow to exceed 7 centimeters in diameter. Their creamy white shells are often covered with a camouflaging layer of algae and other organisms.
•  the denomination, between the Caribbean sky and waves in the center of a constellation of thirty equally spaced pearls
• Three groups of ten pearls. The “three 10s” are a reference to the date October 10, 2010 when Curaçao and Sint Maarten became autonomous countries within the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the starting point of the Caribbean guilder.

1 and 2 guilder (gulden) coins

On the front: For both countries’ versions, a golden effigy of the King, along with his name ‘Willem-Alexander’ and the words ‘Koning der Nederlanden’ (King of the Netherlands).

On the back:

• Curaçao version: the island of Curaçao, surrounded by the Caribbean Sea. Look closely at the waves formed by the words ‘Curaçao’. Underneath the island of Curaçao are two Green Sea Turtles native to the Caribbean Sea. Young sea turtles hatch from nests dug by their mothers on sandy beaches and spend the first 3 to 5 years of their lives in floating sargassum fields. These fields provide protection from predators and a source of food. Juveniles are carnivorous, feeding on invertebrates and small fish. Male turtles never return to land, while females only come ashore as adults to lay eggs.
• Sint Maarten version: A golden inlay features the Coat of Arms of Sint Maarten. The Coat of Arms features several national symbols, such as a shield with a rising sun, the brown pelican, the Courthouse, the border monument, and the national flower orange-yellow sage. Under the shield is a ribbon with the Latin inscription: Semper Pro Grediens (always progressing). Underneath the coat of arms are two Green Sea Turtles.

About the Caribbean Guilder (Gulden)
The design of the new Caribbean Guilder draws inspiration from the "World Under the Sea". Fish swim freely, seeing no borders. This serves as a metaphor for the unity shared between the countries of Curaçao and Sint Maarten within its monetary union. 

The Caribbean Guilder coin series consists of 7 coins of the following denominations: 1 cent, 5 cent, 10 cent, 25 cent, 50 cent, 1 guilder, 5 guilder. The coins circulate interchangeably on Curaçao and Sint Maarten.

About the Caribbean part of the Kingdom and its money…
Sint Maarten and Curaçao, along with Aruba, Bonaire, St. Eustatius, Saba, and the "mainland" Netherlands, comprise the Kingdom of the Netherlands, with King Willem-Alexander as head of state.

• Until 1954, the six Dutch Caribbean islands formed the colony Curaçao and Dependencies (Curaçao en Onderhorigheden) and used the Curaçao Guilder (gulden in Dutch) pegged to the Dutch guilder (gulden).
• In 1954 they received autonomy and were renamed the Netherlands Antilles. The Netherlands Antilles guilder (“NAf”, or ISO code ANG) was launched, pegged to the US dollar., as the Caribbean economy depended more on fluctuations in the US economy more than the economy of the mainland Netherlands.
• In 1986 Aruba seceded from the Netherlands Antilles and launched its own currency the Aruban florin (AWG)
• In 2010, the Netherlands Antilles was dissolved as a political unit. Curaçao and Sint Maarten each became separate autonomous countries within the Kingdom of the Netherlands, alongside Aruba and "The Netherlands proper".
• Bonaire, Saba and St Eustatius became special municipalities of "The Netherlands proper", but changed from the Netherlands Antilles guilder to the U.S. dollar in 2011. (Great talking point: did you know that in The Netherlands proper, the U.S. dollar is an official currency? Yes, in its three municipalities in the Caribbean!)
• Curaçao and Sint Maarten continued to manage and use the Netherlands Antilles guilder until they jointly launched the new Caribbean Guilder (XCG) on March 31, 2025.
• Netherlands Antilles guilders (ANG) continue to be exchangeable for Caribbean guilders at the Central Bank of Curaçao and Sint Maarten through 2055.