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100 Gulden Recepis
| Issuer | De Javasche Bank |
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| Year | 1846 |
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| Value | 100 Gulden |
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| Obverse description | Blue-grey letterpress print on cream paper, with an ornate geometric border of interlocking guilloche patterns and corner medallions. A central oval radiating-line vignette contains the denomination in Dutch, Arabic, and Javanese script, with a dotted rosette enclosing the numeral 100 below. The header reads NEDERLANDSCH OOST-INDIEN across the top panel. |
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| Obverse lettering | NEDERLANDSCH OOST-INDIEN RECEPIS. 100. HONDERD GULDEN. تند سراتس رڤيه តាមររាប់ស្រៃចាញ់ដំារារ 100 |
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De Javasche Bank, established in Batavia in 1828 as the Netherlands East Indies' central bank, issued Gulden Recepis notes as provisional receipts — technically interim instruments, not permanent currency. The "Recepis" denomination class circulated in a colonial economy where specie was chronically scarce and the bank's ability to redeem notes in silver was frequently strained.
The 1846 date places this note squarely within a difficult decade for the bank's liquidity, following the enormous fiscal drain of the Cultivation System on the colonial government's cash reserves. Survivors in any condition are genuinely rare; the tropical climate of Java was merciless on paper, and most circulated examples simply did not survive the humidity.