Currency

Official name: Aruban florin

Currency code: AWG

Abbreviation: ƒ or Afl.

Pegged with: US$1 = 1.79 florin

Legal tender in: Aruba

Subdivided into: 100 cents

Coins: 5, 10, 25, 50 cent, 1, 21⁄2, 5 florin

Notes: 10, 25, 50, 100, 500 florin

Central bank: Central Bank van Aruba

Website: www.cbaruba.org

Current exchange rates:

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• http://www.oanda.com

The currency of Aruba is the florin, which is subdivided into 100 cents. The florin replaced the Netherlands Antillean at par in 1986.