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1 Dollar Muntbiljet
| Issuer | Ministry of Finance, Suriname |
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| Year | 2004 |
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| Currency | Dollar (2004-date) |
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| Obverse description | Printed in green on white paper, the obverse centres on a large diamond-shaped guilloche rosette with fine lathe-work underprint, overlaid by a horizontal green band bearing the denomination legend "EEN DOLLAR" in white letterpress. The serial number appears twice within the guilloche field. Denomination numerals "1" are placed in the upper-left and lower-left corners, with the country name "SURINAME" and legal text inscriptions arranged to the right. |
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| Obverse lettering | SURINAME MUNTBILJET 1 EEN DOLLAR UITGEGEVEN KRACHTENS WET VAN 8 APRIL 1960 (G.B. No. 38) zoals laatstejk newijzigd bij S.B. 2003 No. 90. GEREGISTREERD: PARAMARIBO, 1 JANUARI 2004 De Minister van Financien: (Translation: Suriname Coin note One Dollar Issued under the Law of April 8, 1960 (G.B. No. 38) as recently updated at S.B. 2003 No. 90. Registered: Paramaribo, January 1, 2004 The Minister of Finance:) |
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Suriname redenominated its currency in January 2004, replacing the Surinamese guilder at a rate of 1,000 to 1 — the new dollar was born out of decades of inflation that had rendered low-denomination guilder notes effectively worthless. This 1 Dollar Muntbiljet ("coin note") occupies an odd conceptual space: a paper note issued specifically to substitute for a coin that didn't yet exist in sufficient quantity.
Enschedé has printed Surinamese currency since the colonial period, a relationship that survived independence in 1975 and continued into the redenomination series.