The 100 florin Type 2019 is the Bank Note of the Year 2019

As a member of the International Bank Note Society (IBNS), we were asked during March to elect the most beautiful banknote of the year 2019 among the 22 notes selected for the prestigious "Bank Note of the Year Award ”. (1)

For the first participation of the Central Bank of Aruba in this competition, the 100 florin Type 2019 wins the prize! The rewarded note is the 4th copy of a new series of 5 denominations issued on June 3, 2019. The 100 florin is dated January 1, 2019. It has a vertical composition and its dimensions are 74 x 148 mm. By comparison, it is a little longer than the 20-euro note. The front is illustrated by a green iguana (Iguana iguana), a species of arboreal and herbivorous lizards very present in South and Central America. Above the iguana, a golden OVI (2) with the head of a parrot. All texts are in Dutch. The numbering is repeated twice in black and has a prefix "A" before a 7-digit number. The watermark is made up of an owl head and electrotype bank logo. In the upper part, above this watermark, is represented an Anolis lineatus, a kind of small Caribbean saurian identifiable by the pocket present at the level of its throat. At the bottom of the composition, an Aloe vera plant on which we can distinguish a new security process composed of a moving strip called 3D MOTION SURFACE ® and designed by Crane Currency, the American company which was in charge of the overall printing of this new series. The note is signed by The President of the Central Bank of Aruba, Jeanette R. Semeleer and by The Director, Miriam Gonzales. The back of the note is illustrated by a group of six women performing the "baile di cinta", a traditional folk dance of the ribbon in Aruba. Above the stage, a second iguana seems to be placed on the watermark. Discover the note in detail below: