ONLY 1,000 MINTED
KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS - CONSTITUENT COUNTRY OF ARUBA
REIGN OF QUEEN BEATRIX (1980 - ABDICATED APRIL 30, 2013)
CELEBRATING THE 15th YEAR STATUS APARTE TREATY MAKING ARUBA AN AUTONOMOUS STATE WITHIN THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS
100 GOLD FLORINS CERTIFIED BY NGC PROOF 69 ULTRA CAMEO
OBV: PORTRAIT HEAD OF QUEEN BEATRIX LEFT.
REV: WITHIN CIRCLE LEFT SHIELD OF ARMS OF ARUBA WREATHED WITH DATE BENATH; DENOMINATION ABOVE; TREATY NAME INSCRIPTION BETWEEN DIVIDING LINES RIGHT FIELD; GRAPE BUNCH AND CADEUCEUS PRIVY MARKS AT BOTTOM.
KM # 23
ARUBA IS A CONSTITUENT COUNTRY WITHIN THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS, AND AS OF THE STATUS APARTE (SPECIAL STATUS AS A DEPENDENT TERRITORY) TREATY OF 1986, HAS BEEN GRANTED THE POWERS OF AN AUTONOMOUS STATE WITHIN A SOVEREIGN STATE. AT THE REQUEST OF ARUBA'S PRIME MINISTER AT THE HAGUE IN 1990, ARUBA, THE NETHERLANDS AND THE NETHERLANDS ANTILLES POSTPONED INDEFINITELY THE TRANSITION TO FULL INDEPENDENCE. COMPLETE INDEPENDENCE WAS PROJECTED FOR 1990/91, WHICH WAS AGREED TO IN STEPS IN 1983, AND ALTHOUGH ARUBA SECEDED FROM THE NETHERLANDS ANTILLES IN 1986, COMPLETE INDEPENDENCE WAS RESCINDED IN 1995, MAKING ARUBA A PERMANENT PART OF THE NETHERLANDS.
CONTAINS 6.72 GRAMS OF .900 FINE GOLD (.1945 OZ AGW)
22.5 MM IN DIAMETER
ONLY 1,000 MINTED!
ROYAL DUTCH MINT - UTRECHT
