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100 Cents
| Issuer | Centrale Bank van Suriname |
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| Year | 1987-2017 |
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| Currency | Guilder (1826-2003) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse features a central raised circular field containing the date at the top and the denomination numeral 100 in bold, large characters below, with the word CENT inscribed beneath. The two zeros of 100 are rendered as pronounced circular rings, giving the numeral a distinctive decorative quality. Surrounding the central circle is a broad border filled with an intricate interlaced knotwork or chain-link ornamental pattern that encircles the entire reverse field, providing an elaborate decorative frame characteristic of Surinamese coinage of this series. |
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The Centrale Bank van Suriname introduced this denomination following the country's 1975 independence from the Netherlands, replacing the guilder coinage that had circulated under Dutch colonial administration. Suriname's monetary history across this period was turbulent — the 1980 military coup led by Dési Bouterse destabilized the economy, and by the early 1990s inflation had rendered lower denominations effectively worthless, making the 100-cent piece the practical floor of everyday transactions.
The series ran through the 2004 monetary reform, when Suriname redenominated at 1,000:1, replacing the guilder with the Surinamese dollar. Coins dated after that year were issued in the new dollar system, making the final guilder-era strikes of this type the last of a currency that had outlasted colonial rule by nearly three decades.