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Banjax Valued Member Ireland 112 Posts	Posted 01/09/2007 08:46 am now unless I have no brain, I believe this coin is dutch or from some dutch colony. can anyone tell me where exactly? Report this Post to the Staff

kuhli Valued Member United States 230 Posts	Posted 01/09/2007 08:57 am Dutch colony of Netherlands Antilles, located in the Caribbean. Includes the islands of Curacao, St. Maarten, and few others. (Aruba once was part of this colony, but it gained an upgraded "Status Aparte" back in the 1980's) Report this Post to the Staff
Banjax Valued Member Ireland 112 Posts	Posted 01/09/2007 09:02 am hey I wasnt that far off!..... never heard of that dutch colony until now. thank you kukli for the info! Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16816 Posts	Posted 01/10/2007 05:02 am There were six (now five) islands or island-groups in the Netherlands Antilles (Aruba, Curaçao and Bonaire, near mainland South America, and St Eustatius, Saba and the southern part of St Martin, just west of the US Virgin Islands). These were represented on your coin by the six stars on the shield (and probably the six stars on the reverse, too). When Aruba seceded, the coins were redesigned to only have five stars on the shield. The Netherlands Antilles and Aruba are the last Dutch "colonies" anywhere in the world; the last remnants of a once-widespread empire. Curiously, the "colonial" coinage is still in use; it hasn't been replaced by the euro. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
Banjax Valued Member Ireland 112 Posts	Posted 01/10/2007 08:20 am it wouldnt be replaced by the euro as technically its not a part of the European union?...im not sure, or maybe they refused to join it as a 'colony'?...i dunno. Report this Post to the Staff
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