Catalog
1/2 Gulden
| Issuer | Curaçao (Netherlands Antilles) |
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| Year | 1827 |
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| Value | 1/2 Gulden (1/2 ANG) |
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| Obverse lettering | CURAÇAO Goed voor f 1/2 Een halve Gulden Betaalbaar op vertoon aan Toonder bij Goed voor EEN HALVE GULDEN in Specie. Zegge f 1/2 Curaçao 1827. (Translation: Curaçao Good for f 1/2 One Half Gulden. Payable on presentation to bearer Good for One Half Gulden in Specie. Say f 1/2 Curaçao 1827.) |
| Reverse description | Uniface note; the reverse is blank, with no printed design, text, or ornamental elements. |
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Among the earliest paper currency issued for the Dutch Caribbean, this half-gulden predates the formal Netherlands Antilles monetary framework by well over a century. Curaçao's colonial administration resorted to locally produced paper instruments throughout the early nineteenth century largely because coin shortages were chronic — the island's entrepôt economy constantly bled specie outward through trade.
Plomp's PLNA1.1 designation places this at the very opening of the documented series, which alone accounts for its rarity. Few examples are recorded.