Catalog
1 Gulden
| Issuer | De Javasche Bank |
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| Year | 1940 |
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| Value | 1 Gulden |
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| Obverse lettering | NEDERLANDSCH-INDIË MUNTBILJET KONINGRIJK DER NEDERLANDEN 1 G 1937 BATAVIA 15 JUNI 1940 PRESIDENT EN DIRECTEUREN VAN DE JAVASCHE BANK DE DIRECTEUR VAN FINANCIËN EEN GULDEN WORDT IN BETALING AANGENOMEN DOOR DE JAVASCHE BANK EN VAN ALLE LANDSKASSEN INWISSELBAAR IN ZILVER NA AANKONDIGING (Translation: Dutch East Indies / Currency Note / Kingdom of the Netherlands / 1 Gulden / 1937 / Batavia / 15 June 1940 / President and Directors of the Javasche Bank / The Director of Finance / One Gulden / Accepted in payment by the Javasche Bank and all government treasuries, exchangeable for silver upon announcement) |
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| Reverse lettering | NEDERLANDSCH-INDIË EEN GULDEN WETTIG BETAALMIDDEL HET NAMAKEN OF VERVALSCHEN VAN MUNTBILJETTEN HET OPZETTELIJK UITGEVEN IN VOORRAAD HEBBEN OF BINNEN NEDERLANDSCH-INDIË INVOEREN VAN VALSCHE OF VERVALSCHTE MUNTBILJETTEN IS BIJ DE ARTIKELEN 244-245 EN 249 WETBOEK VAN STRAFRECHT STRAFBAAR GESTELD. JE MAINTIENDRAI (Translation: Dutch East Indies / One Gulden / Legal Tender / The counterfeiting or falsifying of currency notes, the intentional issuing, possessing in stock or importing into the Dutch East Indies of false or falsified currency notes is punishable under Articles 244-245 and 249 of the Penal Code. / I Will Maintain) |
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De Javasche Bank's decision to issue a 1 Gulden note in 1940 was a direct consequence of coin hoarding that began as war approached Europe. With nickel and silver disappearing from circulation across the Dutch East Indies, small-denomination paper became a practical necessity almost overnight.
This is one of the few issues actually printed in Batavia rather than contracted to a European security printer — a logistical reality forced by the severing of reliable sea routes to the Netherlands after the German occupation in May 1940. The local printing infrastructure was limited, and it shows in the relative simplicity of the security features compared to earlier Javasche Bank issues produced by Joh. Enschedé in Haarlem.