[2] It featured a sailing ship surrounded by the Latin text: Sigillum Curaçao Societate Indie Occidentalis.

[3] It depicts a sailing ship of the WIC and a laraha (bitter orange), as well as the coat of arms of Amsterdam as an inescutcheon.

[3] The adoption of the coat of arms led to criticism from, among others, the Democratic Party due to its references to the island's colonial period.

On 23 December 2020, ten years after the dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles, the Rhuggenaath cabinet decided that the coat of arms needed to be replaced by a new design to promote nation-building.

[10] Although Monart denied the allegations, Minister Van Heydoorn ordered an investigation into potential plagiarism and copyright violations within the design.