Sint Maarten 7 Pc Set 2025 UNC—1 & 5 Gulden—1 5 10 25 50 Cents
Sint Maarten 7 Pc Set 2025 UNC—1 & 5 Gulden—1 5 10 25 50 Cents
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The complete Sint Maarten circulation coin set — all seven denominations of the Caribbean Guilder (XCG), currently the world's newest currency, launched March 31, 2025. Sint Maarten and Curaçao — two separate countries within the Kingdom of the Netherlands — collaborated to jointly issue this currency after a 15-year wait. All seven coins are the Sint Maarten version.
Set Characteristics
- Mint: Royal Canadian Mint, Ottawa, Canada
- Issuer: Jointly issued by Curaçao and Sint Maarten, two separate countries within the Kingdom of the Netherlands
- Issuing bank: Central Bank of Curaçao and Sint Maarten (Centrale Bank van Curaçao en Sint Maarten)
- King: Willem-Alexander (2013–date)
- Type: Standard circulation coins
- Year: 2025
- Issued: 31 March 2025
- Currency: Caribbean guilder (gulden), ISO code XCG — the world's newest currency
- Condition: UNC (Uncirculated)
- Total weight: 30.47 g (sum of all 7 coins)
Two Islands, One Currency — Like Euro Coins
Just as euro coins carry a country-specific design on one side but circulate freely across all eurozone countries, the Caribbean Guilder works the same way. Curaçao and Sint Maarten each issue their own versions of every coin — with different imagery on the obverse — but all coins are legal tender on both islands and circulate interchangeably. This set contains all Sint Maarten versions.
The Coins in This Set
1 Cent — Sint Maarten 2025 UNC
- Obverse: Stylized Caribbean sky and ocean waves surrounding an Orange Blossom (Citrus sinensis). Lettering: SINT MAARTEN.
- Reverse: Three Favoured Tellin shells (Arcopagia fausta) with 30 pearls in three groups of ten surrounding the denomination. Lettering: 2025 / 1 / c.
- Edge: Reeded | Composition: Nickel plated steel
- Weight: 1.5 g | Diameter: 15 mm | Thickness: 1.3 mm | Shape: Round
5 Cents — Sint Maarten 2025 UNC
- Obverse: Stylized Caribbean sky and ocean waves surrounding an Orange Blossom (Citrus sinensis). Lettering: SINT MAARTEN.
- Reverse: Three Favoured Tellin shells with 30 pearls surrounding the denomination. Lettering: 2025 / 5 / c.
- Edge: Reeded | Composition: Nickel plated steel
- Weight: 2.42 g | Diameter: 16.75 mm | Thickness: 1.6 mm | Shape: Round
10 Cents — Sint Maarten 2025 UNC
- Obverse: Stylized Caribbean sky and ocean waves surrounding an Orange Blossom (Citrus sinensis). Lettering: SINT MAARTEN.
- Reverse: Three Favoured Tellin shells with 30 pearls surrounding the denomination. Lettering: 2025 / 10 / c.
- Edge: Segmented reeding | Composition: Nickel plated steel
- Weight: 2.9 g | Diameter: 18.25 mm | Thickness: 1.6 mm | Shape: Round
25 Cents — Sint Maarten 2025 UNC
- Obverse: Stylized Caribbean sky and ocean waves surrounding an Orange Blossom (Citrus sinensis). Lettering: SINT MAARTEN.
- Reverse: Three Favoured Tellin shells with 30 pearls surrounding the denomination. Lettering: 2025 / 25 / c.
- Edge: Reeded | Composition: Nickel plated steel
- Weight: 3.5 g | Diameter: 20.5 mm | Thickness: 1.7 mm | Shape: Round
50 Cents — Sint Maarten 2025 UNC
- Obverse: Stylized Caribbean sky and ocean waves surrounding an Orange Blossom (Citrus sinensis). Lettering: SINT MAARTEN.
- Reverse: Three Favoured Tellin shells with 30 pearls surrounding the denomination. Lettering: 2025 / 50 / c.
- Edge: Plain | Composition: Nickel plated steel
- Weight: 4.45 g | Diameter: 22.25 mm | Shape: Hendecagonal (11-sided)
1 Gulden — Sint Maarten 2025 UNC
- Obverse: Coat of Arms of Sint Maarten — shield with rising sun, brown pelican, Courthouse, border monument, and national flower orange-yellow sage. Ribbon: Semper Pro Grediens (always progressing). Two Green Sea Turtles (Chelonia mydas) below.
- Reverse: King Willem-Alexander facing right. Inscription: Willem-Alexander / Koning der Nederlanden (King of the Netherlands).
- Edge: Inscribed — God Zij Met Ons (God be with us)
- Composition: Bimetallic — bronze plated steel center in nickel plated steel ring
- Weight: 7.2 g | Diameter: 28 mm | Shape: Round
5 Gulden — Sint Maarten 2025 UNC
- Obverse: Coat of Arms of Sint Maarten — shield with rising sun, brown pelican, Courthouse, border monument, and national flower orange-yellow sage. Ribbon: Semper Pro Grediens (always progressing). Two Green Sea Turtles (Chelonia mydas) below.
- Reverse: King Willem-Alexander facing right. Inscription: Willem-Alexander / Koning der Nederlanden (King of the Netherlands).
- Edge: Plain lettered — ★ GOD ZIJ MET ONS (God be with us)
- Composition: Trimetallic — steel core, steel middle ring, and steel outer ring
- Weight: 8.5 g | Diameter: 25.85 mm | Shape: Round
From Colony to Kingdom: The Long Road to the XCG
The story of Sint Maarten's money is inseparable from the story of Dutch Caribbean politics — a saga of colonial transformation, economic pragmatism, and bureaucratic delay.
- Before 1954: The six Dutch Caribbean islands formed the colony Curaçao and Dependencies and used the Curaçao Guilder, pegged to the Dutch guilder.
- 1954 — Autonomy: Renamed the Netherlands Antilles, the islands launched the Netherlands Antilles guilder (ANG), pegged to the U.S. dollar at 1 USD = 1.79 ANG — a peg that held for over 70 years.
- 1986 — Aruba breaks away: Aruba seceded and launched its own currency, the Aruban florin (AWG).
- 10/10/10 — October 10, 2010: The Netherlands Antilles was dissolved. Curaçao and Sint Maarten each became separate autonomous countries within the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The constitutional arrangements of that day legally mandated a new joint currency. Bonaire, Saba, and St. Eustatius became special municipalities and switched to the U.S. dollar in 2011.
- 2010–2019 — Stalled: Despite the legal mandate, neither country moved decisively. The two continued using the Netherlands Antilles guilder — a currency whose issuing country no longer existed.
- 2019 — The real turning point: Not political will, but practicality forced the issue: ANG banknote reserves were running low. With no mechanism to reprint a defunct currency, the two countries finally committed to proceeding with the XCG.
- March 31, 2025 — The XCG arrives: After multiple delays, the Caribbean Guilder (XCG) was finally launched, pegged to the U.S. dollar at 1 USD = 1.79 XCG — the same rate as the ANG it replaced. Netherlands Antilles guilders remain exchangeable through 2055.
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Banknote Condition Guide (UNC, XF, VF, F etc.)
- UNC (Uncirculated): No folds/creases; full crispness/sheen. May have "half moon" at edge of security thread.
- AU (About Uncirculated): Nearly perfect, with a single light fold or handling mark that doesn't break the paper. Crisp and colorful.
- XF a.k.a. EF (Extremely Fine): Crisp, firm, bright; a few light folds or one firm crease.
- VF Plus: Minor folds/stains; white areas are bright, still not quite Extra Fine.
- VF (Very Fine): Several folds; paper firmer than average; corners lightly worn.
- VF Minus: VF but may show foxing (yellow/brown patches), thinner paper, more folds/wrinkles/small tears (1-3 mm), otherwise intact.
- F (Fine): Well-used, many folds or creases; paper is soft; some soiling and/or pen marks.
- VG (Very Good) / Limp/worn/faded with heavy creasing/edge wear/tears.