Island living is great way to live. I know from experience having spent many years living in the Caribbean. There are beautiful beaches everywhere, great opportunities to both fish and dive. The only real downfall is that since most goods are imported it can be a little expensive. I used to island hop on the weekends quite a bit, and one of those trips I found myself in Curacao. It's a beautiful island nation just to the east of Aruba off of the coast of Venezuela. There you can find incredible scuba diving, white sand beaches, and a very friendly local population.
Curacao has a long history of being conquered by multiple nations. The Spanish were the first enslaving the majority of the native population and sending them to work on the island of Hispaniola. Then the Dutch came onto the scene and that was followed later by the British. Even Venezuela invaded in the early 1900's. It finally settled as a a Dutch territory eventually becoming an independent nation as a representative democracy within a constitutional monarchy, where they self govern but the Dutch are responsible for their defense.
The island itself is a beautiful place. If you ever get a chance it's a great place to visit. The scuba diving is amazing with extremely clear water for most of the year. While I was there I picked up a silver coin as a souvenir, I liked the design on the reverse more than anything. Take a look:
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About the coin:
Country: Curacao
Composition: 72% silver/ 28% copper
Denomination: 1 Gulden
Weight: 10 grams
Diameter: 28 mm
Thickness: 2 mm
Mint: Denver Mint, Colorado, USA
Mintage: 500,000
Demonetized: Yes
Edge: Lettered, GOD * ZIJ * MET * ONS * (God be with us)
Obverse: Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands with lettering WILHELMINA KONINGIN DER NEDERLANDEN (Wilhelmina, Queen of the Netherlands)
Reverse: National coat of arms of the Netherlands with letting MUNT VAN CURACAO (coin of Curacao) with date and mint mark
When I bought this coin I had absolutely no idea that it was made in Denver, Colorado of all places. It was interesting to find out that they used the Denver Mint. I suppose the reason for this is it was minted during World War II, so it may have been difficult to produce any coinage in Europe because of the war. I really like the look of this coin, it was circulated quite a bit before someone picked it for their collection. Lots of history of purses and pockets before then, always makes me wonder what it spent on. It's a great souvenir from a very fun trip!
I added some pictures of Curacao that aren't mine but let you get a glimpse of what the island looks like, it's a gorgeous place!
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Curacao has sure changed flags often in its history, I have a handful of Dutch silver but none are from Curacao.
Just about every force ever in the Caribbean held it at one point or another. Stuff from Curacao isn't all that common especially the older stuff.
I !LUV that reverse design, very clean, I like the crown. That place looks like somewhere I should vacation,
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I'm definitely open to that. I tend to do contract work away from home most of the time so I don't have quick access to many of my older coins like this one. But if it's one I have with me or I'm back in Cali sure thing!
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Very interesting history about this coin being minted in Denver, Colorado !
 That does make sense. There were two I’m sure it was very difficult operating a mint!😮
It's a great place to visit, but island living can get old after awhile. You start to miss the things you can only get back in the US. I thought it was really interesting that in was made in Denver, prior to purchase that had never crossed my mind!
I can completely understand that, we lived for years in the high country of high Colorado.
During the winter, you could not cross the mountain passes easily, and many products were not available up in the mountains.
It was like living in a fishbowl that you cannot get out ….
Some people call this cabin fever !😳
I've gone diving in the Caribbean a couple of times but Curacao is a place I'm looking forward to.
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Wow, I love beaches so much and the view is so pleasant and serene.
The Caribbean is a beautiful place! It's so slow paced and relaxed, it's great!
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