The first inhabitants probably migrated from Venezuela around 2500 BC
Peter Stuyvesant
Director of the Dutch West India Company's colony of Curaçao from 1642 to 1644.
In an unknown factory in the United States, coins with a value of one real were minted by order of the Governor of Curaçao in 1821. A year later, the order for five-cent pieces followed. On these coins, the name of "Curaçao" appeared for the first time.
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