The 10 Florin banknote, issued on January 1, 2019, by the Central Bank of Aruba, is part of the “Life in Aruba” series celebrating the island’s unique flora, fauna, and cultural heritage. This vertical design note features a green sea turtle, spotted trunkfish, and common sea fan coral on the front. The reverse depicts the historic Bushiribana gold mill ruins and another turtle. Printed on high-quality paper (148 × 74 mm), it includes advanced security features such as a Motion Surface windowed thread, parrot-head optically variable ink, watermark owl’s head, and tactile micro-printed rings. Produced by Crane Currency, this note embodies Aruba’s natural beauty and is a standout collectible.
Obverse
Blue and light blue on multicolor underprint.
White Turtle (Tortuga Blanco) at center; the Spotted Trunk Fish (Fototo) at upper and the Common Sea Fan (Waira di Lama) at the bottom.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
10 FLORIN
WETTIG BETAALMIDDEL
TIEN FLORIN
CENTRALE BANK VAN ARUBA
10
Translation:
10 Florin
Legal Tender
Ten Florin
Central Bank of Aruba
10
Reverse
Bushiribana gold smelter ruins, as well as the symbols and unique floor tiles that can be found in Aruba’s antique houses; sea turtle at upper.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
TIEN FLORIN
WETTIG BETAALMIDDEL
10
CENTRALE BANK VAN ARUBA
1 januari 2019
AUTEURSRECHT CENTRALE BANK VAN ARUBA ©
Translation:
Ten Florin
Legal Tender
10
Central Bank of Aruba
January 1, 2019
Copyright Central Bank of Aruba ©
Watermark
The Burrowing Owl head and electrotype bank logo
© vladthiengo (CC BY-NC)
Signatures
| Jeanette R. Semeleer (JRS) | President of the Central Bank |  |
| Miriam Gonzalez (MG) | Director of the Central Bank |  |
Printer
Crane Currency, United States (1801-date)
Comments
After a successful marketing campaign, the Central Bank of Aruba launched the new series on May 17, 2019, and made it available to the public on June 3, 2019. Five new banknotes, of which one has a new denomination, were issued after years of intensive preparations and close cooperation with various local stakeholders, including the commercial banks, as well as international suppliers of banknote paper, security features and equipment. The result is quite astonishing.
The public can now explore the 10, 25, 50, 100 and 200 florin banknotes in a new vertical format – each with beautiful artistic elements from the Aruban culture, flora and fauna. These are the most secure banknote features available, with features such as high-relief printing, color-changing ink, MOTION SURFACE®, a 3D moving stripe with miniaturized micro-optics from Crane Currency, which also printed the new series.
On the reverse there is a pale gold iridescent ink strip with “10” repeated on it:
UV activity (365nm):
© Brandon Bertolli
Features
| Issuer | Aruba (Dutch Caribbean) |
|---|---|
| Issuing bank | Central Bank of Aruba (Centrale Bank van Aruba) |
| King | Willem-Alexander (2013-date) |
| Type | Standard circulation banknotes |
| Year | 2019 |
| Value | 10 Florin 10 AWG = GBP 4.06 |
| Currency | Florin (1986-date) |
| Composition | Paper |
| Size | 148 × 74 mm |
| Shape | Rectangular |
