Netherlands Antilles Juliana 2½ Cents

History

2½ Cents 1970-1978, KM# 9, Netherlands Antilles, Juliana

Obverse. Photo © NumisCorner.com

Description

The Netherlands Antilles was a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The country consisted of several island territories located in the Caribbean Sea. The country came into being in 1954 as the autonomous successor of the Dutch colony of Curaçao and Dependencies, and was dissolved in 2010. All the island territories that belonged to the Netherlands Antilles remain part of the kingdom today, although the legal status of each differs. As a group they are still commonly called the Dutch Caribbean, regardless of their legal status.

Juliana (1909–1920) was Queen of the Netherlands from 1948 until 1980. She reigned for nearly 32 years. Her reign saw the decolonization of both Indonesia (Dutch East Indies) and Suriname from the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

Engraver: Geurt Brinkgreve

Obverse	Coat of arms Netherlands Antilles Crown, jewelry Dutch Royal Crown Coat of arms of the Netherland Antilles (1964-1986), date below. The coat of arms of the Netherlands Antilles consisted of a shield, a crown and the motto. The shield itself showed six blue stars on a golden background, within a red border. These six stars stood for the six islands of the Netherlands Antilles and also were represented in the flag. The crown atop the shield was that of the Dutch sovereign. Under the shield was a ribbon with the motto: Libertate Unanimus ("United in Freedom"). Mint mark: caduceus (Mercury's wand, a short staff entwined by two serpents, sometimes surmounted by wings), the logo of the Royal Dutch Mint (Utrecht, the Netherlands). Mint master's marks: cock (Marius van den Brandhof, 1969-1980) NEDERLANDSE ANTILLEN LIBERTATE UNANIMUS 1976
Reverse	A facial value above a stylized plant (lily) surrounded with 6 stars as the 6 islands of the country. 2 1/2 CENT
Edge	Plain