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Curaçao / Antillean / Caribbean guilder

The two names are grouped as a continuing account unit under the project identity rule; this classification is an explicit inference.1

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The Caribbean guilder became legal tender in Curaçao and Sint Maarten on March 31, 2025; the announcement records the first ceremonial exchange from Netherlands Antillean guilders that day.2

The 2025 Caribbean-guilder legislation carries Antillean-guilder deposits and legal instruments forward at 1:1. The two names are grouped as a continuing account unit under the project identity rule; this classification is an explicit inference.1

Antillean guilder → Aruban florin, 1986.3

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Currency code: XCG

  1. Curaçao is reported within the Dutch monetary system in 1933

    Curaçao is reported within the Dutch monetary system in 1933. Add this territorial observation to the existing 1827–1945 qualified branch; it does not solve the exact separation date.4

  2. Royaldecision17October 1942 acceptsCuraçaomonetaryseparation after 1941 petition

    Royaldecision17October 1942 acceptsCuraçaomonetaryseparation after 1941 petition.5

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Dutch guilder → Curaçao / Antillean / Caribbean guilder

Documented account unit branching · 1937–1943

Archivalresearch documentsDutch-to-Curaçaounit separation culminatinginroyalapproval17October1942 andthe1943regulation, followingearlierdisputes.67

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Legal history and sources

The Caribbean guilder became legal tender in Curaçao and Sint Maarten on 31 March 2025; the announcement records the first ceremonial exchange from Netherlands Antillean guilders that day.2

The 2025 Caribbean-guilder legislation carries Antillean-guilder deposits and legal instruments forward at 1:1. The two names are grouped as a continuing account unit under the project identity rule; this classification is an explicit inference.1

Antillean guilder → Aruban florin, 1986.3

Curaçao is reported within the Dutch monetary system in 1933. Add this territorial observation to the existing 1827–1945 qualified branch; it does not solve the exact separation date. 4

Royaldecision17October1942 acceptsCuraçaomonetaryseparation after1941petition.5

Source notes

  1. Common Monetary System Regulations for Curaçao and Sint Maarten · Common Monetary System Regulations for Curaçao and Sint Maarten, English translation

    Articles 3,16–18,20; PDF pp.4,7–8

  2. Centrale Bank van Curaçao en Sint Maarten · PB 2025-008: Caribbean Guilder Officially Legal Tender

    Indexed dated announcement, opening paragraph

  3. Deutsche Bundesbank · Metadata on the Exchange Rate Statistics, 24 September 2025

    AWG entry, currency history; Bundesbank PDF, September 24, 2025 edition.

  4. United States Department of Commerce · Monetary Use of Silver in 1933

    Algeria pp.16–17 / PDF 21–22; Angola p 17 / PDF 22; Mozambique p 85 / PDF 90; Nyasaland p 92 / PDF 97; Northern and Southern Rhodesia pp 104–105 / PDF 109–110; Dutch colonial systems p 85 / PDF 90

  5. L.M.J. Boegheim · De aanmuntingen voor de Nederlandse koloniën gedurende de Tweede Wereldoorlog in de U.S.A., JMP80(1993)

    Printedp235; notexactuniversalunitbirth

  6. Centrale Bank van Curaçao en Sint Maarten Money Museum: Curaçao Coins History · Centrale Bank van Curaçao en Sint Maarten Money Museum: Curaçao Coins History; Centrale Bank van Curaçao en Sint Maarten Money Museum: Curaçao Banknotes History · Centrale Bank van Curaçao en Sint Maarten Money Museum: Curaçao Banknotes History; Common Monetary System Regulations for Curaçao and Sint Maarten · Common Monetary System Regulations for Curaçao and Sint Maarten, English translation

    The Dutch coinage system; A Separate Series of Coins for the Antilles; 1827 issue; Netherlands Antilles; Bank v/d Nederlandse Antillen; Articles 3,16–18,20; PDF pp.4,7–8

  7. L.M.J. Boegheim · De aanmuntingen voor de Nederlandse koloniën gedurende de Tweede Wereldoorlog in de U.S.A., JMP80(1993)

    Printedpp234–235/PDF46–47, notes 106–108

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“Curaçao / Antillean / Caribbean guilder.” The Family Tree of Money. Field Technologies, Inc. Data v49; accessed 14 October 2026.

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