Catalog
100 Gulden
| Issuer | De Curaçaosche Bank |
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| Year | 1930 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Green intaglio on red-green guilloche underprint. At left, a seated allegorical female figure holds a scroll and flag; a vignette of St. Eustatius harbour occupies the centre. Issuer and denomination legends are printed in black letterpress, with the printer's imprint below. |
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| Obverse lettering | DE CURAÇAOSCHE BANK BETAALT AAN TOONDER HONDERD GULDEN JOH. ENSCHEDÉ EN ZONEN (Translation: The Curaçao Bank pay to Bearer One Hundred Gulden Joh. Enschedé and Sons) |
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De Curaçaosche Bank was the sole currency-issuing authority for the Dutch West Indies throughout the interwar period, operating under a concession from the colonial government in Willemstad. Enschedé in Haarlem had printed its notes since the bank's founding, and by 1930 the relationship was long-established — the security printing quality reflects that continuity, not innovation.
The 100 Gulden denomination served a commercial economy built around oil refining; the Shell refinery at Willemstad had transformed Curaçao's economic scale dramatically through the 1920s, making high-denomination paper currency a practical necessity rather than an occasional luxury.