Ten Caribbean Guilder

The 10 Caribbean guilder note is predominantly yellow and features the Gray Angelfish on the front and the Lighthouse on Klein Curaçao on the back.
Abbrevation
10Cg
Release Date
March 31, 2025
Color:

Each Cg banknote has a distinct color. The color of the 10 Cg banknote is predominantly yellow.

Visual highlights front:

The Gray angelfish can grow up to 60 centimeters in length. This species has a disc-shaped body with a relatively large head. Adult gray angelfish are light gray with black spots throughout, while their heads are light gray with an even lighter mouth. Juveniles, on the other hand, are black with five bright yellow stripes running vertically down their bodies. Juveniles are usually found on the reef or in seagrass beds, working at "cleaning stations" like cleaning shrimp also do, ridding larger fish of parasites. Adults typically inhabit reefs and can be found at depths reaching 30 meters.

The queen conch is a species of snail that lives primarily in seagrass beds and on sand flats and can grow quite large. Adult snails can reach about 35 centimeters in length. These snails are herbivorous, feeding on plant material found between the seagrasses. The queen conch is becoming increasingly rare in many parts of the Caribbean because its meat is considered a delicacy and is often found on plates. That is why there are several initiatives to breed them in captivity for food production or to release them back into the wild. There are hardly any true adults left in the inland waters of Curaçao.

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The Klein Curaçao Lighthouse is an iconic building that can be seen from afar as you approach the small island by boat. The closer you get to the island, the clearer it becomes that even in these modern times, such a lighthouse is essential to avoid the flat Klein Curaçao by boat. The lighthouse is equipped with an LED light that warns nearby ships at night of the small island's dangerous coastline. The building is an official landmark constructed in 1877 as a result of the large number of shipwrecks that occurred at that time, after the destruction of the previous lighthouse by a hurricane that year. Since then, the lighthouse has been rebuilt and renovated several times. It is now empty and open to tourists.

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