10 Gulden

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.