Catalog
1 Gulden Silver voucher
| Issuer | Surinaamsche Bank |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Currency | Guilder (1826-2003) |
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| Obverse lettering | SURINAME ZILVERBON GROOT EEN GULDEN Wordt ter betaling aangenomen door de Surinaamsche Bank en aan alle Landskantoren. Inwisselbaar in zilver na aankondiging. Geregistreerd, 2 Februari 1920. De wnd. Administrateur van Financiën, De wnd. Gouverneur van Suriname, WETTIG BETAALMIDDEL Namaak of vervalsching is strafbaar met gevangenisstraf van ten hoogste tien jaren. (Translation: SURINAME SILVER VOUCHER ONE GUILDER Is accepted for payment by the Surinaamsche Bank and at all land offices. Redeemable in silver upon announcement. Registered, 2 February 1920. The acting Administrator of Finance, The acting Governor of Suriname, LEGAL TENDER Counterfeiting or forgery is punishable by imprisonment of up to ten years.) |
| Reverse description | Uniface note; the reverse is plain unprinted paper, now heavily aged and toned with fold lines and staining consistent with heavy circulation. |
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The Surinaamsche Bank was established in 1865 with a government-backed monopoly on note issuance in the Dutch colony, and this silver voucher designation reflects a genuine obligation — the bank was required to maintain a silver reserve against circulating paper, a condition that grew increasingly difficult to honor during the monetary disruptions following the First World War. The "zilverbon" framing was not decorative; it was a legal commitment to redemption in silver coin.
Enschedé of Haarlem had been printing for Dutch colonial authorities since the eighteenth century, and their production quality for this series is consistently high. P#99 is scarcer in used grades than the higher denominations of the same issue.