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50 Florin
| Issuer | Banco Central di Aruba |
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| Year | 1986 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | BANCO CENTRAL DI ARUBA VIJFTIG FLORIN DE DIRECTEUR DE PRESIDENT 50 ARUBA JOH. ENSCHEDÉ EN ZONEN (Translation: Central Bank of Aruba Fifty Florin The Director The President 50 Aruba Joh. Enschedé and Sons) |
| Reverse description | Green and orange multicolour guilloche underprint with the Arms of Aruba at centre, rendered in intaglio within a laurel wreath frame. The large denomination numeral '50' occupies a geometric medallion at left, with a second numeral '50' in a shield cartouche at upper right. An anti-counterfeiting legal text block in Dutch appears at right, and the date '1 JANUARI 1986' is printed below the place of issue. |
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Aruba separated from the Netherlands Antilles on 1 January 1986 — a process called "Status Aparte" — and the Centrale Bank van Aruba was established that same year specifically to issue a distinct currency, the Aruban florin, pegged at 1.79 to the US dollar. This 50 florin note was part of the inaugural series, meaning it entered circulation almost immediately upon the island's new autonomous status taking effect.
Joh. Enschedé, the Haarlem printer with centuries of security printing experience, handled the entire series. The 1986 date on P#4 makes it the first-year issue of a currency that had no prior existence whatsoever.