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10 Joes of 22 Guilders Each
| Issuer | Court of Policy of Demerary and Essequebo |
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| Year | 1830-1839 |
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| Shape | Rectangular (hand cut) |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette of a standing female allegorical figure facing right, with a barrel and anchor at her feet, symbolising commerce and maritime trade; ships at sea and a windmill on a hill are rendered in the background. The note was issued with or without a counterfoil stub at left. Text is set in letterpress throughout, with the denomination and issuing authority stated in a formal engraved hand. |
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| Obverse lettering | ON COLONIAL & FUNDED SECURITY Good with the Colonies Demerary and Essequebo For TEN JOES of 22 GUILDERS each Demerary In the Name of the Court of Policy of the aforesaid COLONIES Colonial Receiver (with counterfoil) |
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The "Joe" — short for Johannes, the Portuguese gold coin — was used as a unit of account across parts of the Caribbean and South American coast long after the actual coin had largely disappeared from circulation. Demerary and Essequebo, then under British administration but still running Dutch-derived financial infrastructure, issued paper obligations denominated in this hybrid unit precisely because no consistent hard currency was available in sufficient quantity to meet plantation economy demands.
The Court of Policy was a legislative body, not a bank — its issuing paper obligations in the 1830s reflects just how ad hoc colonial monetary arrangements remained even decades into British rule.