Catalog
1 Gulden - Wilhelmina
| Issuer | Government of the Netherlands East Indies |
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| Year | 1943 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Black intaglio print on white paper. A portrait vignette of Queen Wilhelmina occupies the right side, with the crowned supported Arms of the Netherlands East Indies at left. The denomination and issuing authority are inscribed in both Dutch and Malay (Indonesian), framed within fine guilloche borderwork. |
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| Reverse lettering | Het namaken of vervalschen van Muntbiljeten, het opzettelijk uitgeven, in voorraad hebben of binnen Nederlandsch-Indië invoeren van valsche of vervalschte Muntbiljeten, is bij de Artikelen 244, 245 en 249 wetboek van strafrecht strafbaar gesteld. Didalam fatsal 244, 245 dan 249 dari kitab oendang oendang hoekoeman ditetapkan hoekoeman oentoek jang meniroe atau memalsoekan oewang kertas dan oentoek jang mengloearkan denga sengadja, menjimpam atau memasoekkan oewang kertas lantjoeng atau jang didjadikan lantjoeng ke Hindia-be-Landa. AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY. (Translation: The counterfeiting of currency notes, the intentional issuing, stockpiling or importing of counterfeit currency notes within the Dutch East Indies is punishable by Articles 244, 245 and 249 of the Criminal Code.) |
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Printed in New York by the American Bank Note Company, this note was produced for the Netherlands East Indies government-in-exile after Japan had already occupied the archipelago. The Netherlands itself was under German occupation, so the colonial administration operated from London and Washington, issuing currency it had no immediate territory to circulate in.
When Allied forces began recovering ground in the Pacific, notes from this series were shipped forward for use in liberated areas — a currency printed in New York, intended for islands under Japanese control, issued by a government sitting in exile. Some reached circulation only in the war's final weeks.