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100 Gulden
| Issuer | Nederlandsche Bank |
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| Year | 1814-1859 |
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| Printer | Royal Joh. Enschedé (Koninklijke Joh. Enschedé, Johan Enschede en Zonen), Haarlem, Netherlands (1703-date) |
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| Obverse description | Printed in red on cream paper, the note is typeset in an early 19th-century letterpress style with no pictorial vignette; the denomination 'HONDERD' appears in large bold capitals at centre, flanked by red ornamental border rules along all four margins incorporating repetitive typographic asterisk and rule patterns. The value numerals '100' appear in each corner, and the lower portion carries three manuscript signature lines for President, Director, and Secretary of the Nederlandsche Bank, with a handwritten date and serial number completing the note. |
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| Reverse description | Unprinted; plain cream paper with no typeset text, vignette, or ornamental elements, consistent with the early bearer note practice of the Nederlandsche Bank during this period. |
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Enschedé had been printing for the Nederlandsche Bank almost from the institution's founding in 1814, and this long-running 100 Gulden issue reflects the period before the Bank gained exclusive note-issuing rights in the Netherlands — competing provincial banks were still operating through much of this run. The relationship between Enschedé and the Bank was unusually close, with the Haarlem firm holding considerable influence over both design and security decisions at a time when standardized anti-forgery protocols barely existed in Dutch banking.
Surviving examples from the early part of the range are substantially rarer than later dates.