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1 Gulden - Wilhelmina
| Issuer | Government of the Netherlands East Indies |
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| Year | 1943 |
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| Value | 1 Gulden |
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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 description | Green intaglio print on white paper. The design is dominated by an elaborate guilloche underprint with a large ornate numeral "1" vignette at centre, flanked by two text panels set within decorative cartouches. Intricate lathe-work scrollwork and floral arabesques fill the surrounding field, with the printer's imprint at the foot. |
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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.