100 Gulden 1st Anniversary of Independence, Yellow Gold

Suriname gained independence from the Netherlands on 25 November 1975, making this issue a first-anniversary commemoration struck just twelve months later. The transition was notably fraught — approximately 40% of Suriname's population emigrated to the Netherlands in the years immediately surrounding independence, hollowing out the professional class and straining the young nation's institutions almost from the outset.

KM#18a is the gold variant of a multi-metal commemorative program. The .900 fineness follows the same standard the Dutch had long applied to their own gold coinage.