Catalog
10 Gulden
| Issuer | Nederlandsch Oost-Indië (Netherlands East Indies Government) |
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| Year | 1815 |
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| Currency | Gulden (1602-1949) |
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| Obverse description | Plain cream paper note with a typeset and letterpress design enclosed within an ornamental border of repeated foliate and geometric units. The upper portion carries the Dutch legend "NEDERLANDSCH OOST-INDIEN." followed by the denomination statement "Soort voor TIEN Gulden." and the issue series "Creatie No. 1815." The lower half presents the equivalent value text in Jawi (Malay) Arabic script across three lines, with a small decorative rosette between each register; the bottom margin reads "INDIA OLLAND." |
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| Obverse lettering | NEDERLANDSCH OOST-INDIEN. Soort voor TIEN Gulden. Creatie No. 1815. INDIA OLLAND. |
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One of the earliest paper issues from the colonial administration in Batavia, this note predates the formal establishment of De Javasche Bank by six years. The Netherlands East Indies government was issuing its own paper obligations during a period when the colony had only recently been returned to Dutch control following British interregnum administration under Raffles — a handover completed in 1816, meaning this note was printed and circulated during the final months of transitional governance.
Survivors are extremely rare. The tropical climate of Java was unforgiving to paper currency, and institutional redemption programs eliminated most of what circulation didn't destroy.