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100 000 Gulden Bridge Suriname River
| Issuer | Centrale Bank van Suriname |
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| Year | 2000 |
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| Currency | Guilder (1826-2003) |
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| Reverse description | The central field depicts the Jules Wijdenbosch Bridge spanning the Suriname River, rendered in fine detail showing the cable-stayed structure. A circular legend surrounds the bridge motif, incorporating the bridge name, the commemorative date of May 2000, and the face value. Decorative dots serve as separators between the legend elements. |
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| Reverse lettering | BRUG SURINAME RIVER・MEI 2000 - 100.000 GULDEN - (Translation: Bridge Suriname River, May 2000) |
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Suriname's 2000-dated gold issue commemorates the Jules Wijdenbosch Bridge over the Suriname River, completed in 1999 and named after the then-sitting president who championed its construction — a decision that contributed to a severe fiscal crisis. The bridge project, financed largely through deficit spending, helped trigger a currency collapse that saw the Surinamese guilder lose roughly 90% of its value between 1999 and 2001.
The irony of a gold coin denominated in a currency simultaneously imploding was not lost on collectors. Suriname replaced the guilder with the Surinamese dollar in 2004.