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100 Gulden
| Issuer | De Curaçaosche Bank |
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| Year | 1954-1960 |
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| Currency | Gulden (1828-date) |
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| Obverse description | Violet intaglio note with a classical allegorical female figure seated at left, holding a scroll and flag; a vignette of St. Eustatius occupies the centre. Guilloche underprint patterns frame the composition, with the issuing authority and denomination inscriptions arranged along the upper and lower margins. |
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| Obverse lettering | DE CURAÇAOSCHE BANK HONDERD GULDEN WILLEMSTAD - CURAÇAO DE SECRETARIS DE VOORZITTER JOH. ENSCHEDÉ EN ZONEN (Translation: The Curaçao Bank One Hundred Gulden Willemstad - Curaçao Secretary President Joh. Enschedé and Sons) |
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De Curaçaosche Bank was the sole currency authority for the Netherlands Antilles until it was superseded by the Bank van de Nederlandse Antillen in 1962 — a transition that effectively ended this series. Enschedé in Haarlem had printed Netherlands Antillean currency since the colonial period, and their intaglio work on high-denomination notes from this era is technically accomplished, particularly in the fine-line security guilloche backgrounds characteristic of their mid-century output.
The 1954 start date aligns with the Charter for the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which granted the Antilles autonomous status within the Kingdom — a political reorganization that left the existing bank structure intact but reframed its constitutional standing entirely.