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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrisild, post: 1087508, member: 39&quot;]When that coin was issued, the Netherlands Antilles did still exist. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> By the way, for those who do not know the coin, this is what it looks like:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.knm.nl/CmsData/Artikelen/Fotos/8/0/0/080086/080086_mi_pd_1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> <img src="http://www.knm.nl/CmsData/Artikelen/Fotos/8/0/0/080086/080086_e_pd_1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>The design is based on a monument in Curaçao:</p><p><a href="http://www.comitekoninkrijksrelaties.org/?page_id=68" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.comitekoninkrijksrelaties.org/?page_id=68" rel="nofollow">http://www.comitekoninkrijksrelaties.org/?page_id=68</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Would not say that the end of the Neth. Antilles was not noticed by the rest of the world. At least among coin collectors in Europe it got some attention. And of course in what you call Holland, ie. the (European) Netherlands. Also because the process took several years and lots of negotiating. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>There may have been similar issues that commemorate an imminent separation, but yes, it&#039;s definitely not common. I know about coins from Sweden that commemorate the separation of Norway and Finland, but those were issued as jubilee pieces 100 (200) years later ...</p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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