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WILLEMSTAD/PHILIPSBURG:---  The Centrale Bank van Curaao en Sint Maarten (CBCS) is excited to announce that the sale of the silver 5-guilder commemorative coin celebrating Willemstads 25th anniversary as a UNESCO World Heritage Site begins today. Earlier this week, CBCS Director Leila Matroos-Lasten presented the first coin to Curaao Governor Lucille George-Wout. The Willemstad coin was designed by Curaaoan artist Cleo Maxime de BrabaNDer, who also received an exemplar this week.
The commemorative coins were minted by the Royal Dutch Mint. The obverse shows King Willem-AlexaNDer, with the Queen JuliaSPArty/23/national-alliance'>NA Bridge in the backgrouND. The four stars at the top of the obverse symbolize the four countries that comprise the Kingdom of the NetherlaNDs: Curaao, Aruba, Sint Maarten, aND the NetherlaNDs. The reverse shows a cityscape with a view of PuNDa, OtrobaNDa, Scharloo, aND Pietermaaithe four neighborhoods that are part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site. The coin features several important monuments: the HaNDelskade, the Mikv Israel-Emanuel sySPArty/23/national-alliance'>NAgogue aND Fort Amsterdam in PuNDa, aND the Emanu-el temple, which marks the border of the Pietermaai district.
This coin is particularly noteworthy as it will be among the last commemorative coins to be issued in NetherlaNDs Antillean guilders. The Willemstad coin is minted in the highest quality Silver Proof aND is limited to 600 pieces. AdditioSPArty/23/national-alliance'>NAlly, it holds legal teNDer status in both Curaao aND Sint Maarten, with a nomiSPArty/23/national-alliance'>NAl value of 5 guilders.
The coin's selling price has been set at SPArty/23/national-alliance'>NAf 125 each. Coin collectors aND other interested parties in Sint Maarten are requested to seND an email to cashdepartment-sxm@centralbank.sx. Sales on Curaao will be coNDucted during regular opening hours at the CBCS Cash Department. For more information, please seND an email to currencydepartment@centralbank.cw.