Catalog
100 Gulden
| Issuer | De Surinaamsche Bank |
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| Year | 1920-1937 |
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| Size | 211 × 107 mm |
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| Obverse description | Elaborate border composed of guilloche patterns and stylized leaf ornaments frames the note, with a large central rose window motif. Four oval vignettes occupy the corners, each illustrating a different aspect of Suriname's local economy, while the denomination "100" appears four times within circular rosette devices. The serial number is printed three or four times across the face, accompanied by the signatures of the Director and the Director-President (Voorzitter) in black, with variant signature combinations distinguished by large or small title designations. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in a brown, purple, and green gradient of fine wavy lines converging toward the center, creating a radiating guilloche effect. The denomination "100" appears in large numerals at the center, with an order number repeated three times. A legislative text inscription runs in an arc above the central value. |
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De Surinaamsche Bank was a private institution granted sole right of issue in the colony, and this series — spanning nearly two decades without a redesign — reflects how little changed in Surinamese monetary administration during the interwar period. Enschedé in Haarlem had been the bank's printer of choice for generations, and the relationship produced notes of consistently high technical quality, even when the economic circumstances in the colony were considerably less stable.
The 100 Gulden denomination was substantial enough that genuine circulation wear on surviving examples is uncommon — high-value notes in a small colonial economy tend to pass through fewer hands.