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| Issuer | De Javasche Bank |
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| Year | 1948 |
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| Printer | Thomas De La Rue & Company, London, United Kingdom |
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| Obverse description | Printed in blue on uncoloured paper, the obverse carries a vignette of tall coconut palms against a coastal landscape at left, with fine guilloche work filling the right portion of the design around a large numeral '1' set within an ornate circular underprint. The issuing bank name 'DE JAVASCHE BANK' runs across the top in bold lettering, with bilingual bearer text in Malay and Dutch below, and two manuscript signatures appear beneath the central inscriptions above their respective titles SECRETARIS and PRESIDENT. The date 1948 is incorporated into the lower right corner within the guilloche panel. |
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| Reverse description | Printed entirely in blue, the reverse is dominated by a large stylised 'JB' monogram cipher at centre, flanked symmetrically by two blocks of legal warning text set within plain bordered panels. Ornate guilloche rosettes occupy each corner, and a bold numeral '1' appears at lower left and upper right. The lower portion of the design features a decorative wave pattern rendered in graduated blue tones. |
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| Protection description | No watermark |
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