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100 Gulden/Roepiah
| Issuer | De Javasche Bank |
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| Year | 1946 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | At left, a finely engraved vignette in intaglio presents terraced rice fields set against a mountainous background with village structures in the foreground. The central and right portions carry the bank title and bilingual denomination text in bold letterpress, in both Dutch and Malay, with a large guilloche numeral panel at upper right. Two manuscript signatures appear below centre, captioned SECRETARIS and PRESIDENT respectively, with the year date 1946 at lower right. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is dominated by an elaborate central guilloche composition of concentric arched bands surrounding the interlaced monogram 'JB' at centre. Rectangular panels of bilingual legal tender text in Dutch and Malay occupy the upper left and upper right quadrants, while a column of Chinese-script legal text appears at lower right. Guilloche rosette underprints in blue anchor the upper corners, each accompanied by the numeral 100. |
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De Javasche Bank's post-war resumption of authority over Netherlands Indies currency was complicated by the fact that Indonesia's independence movement was already in full force by 1946 — Sukarno had declared the Republic just days after Japan's surrender in August 1945. These notes were printed in Haarlem for an administration that was simultaneously attempting to reassert Dutch colonial control over territory it no longer effectively held.
Enschedé produced the series to high technical standards, as always. Whether significant quantities actually entered circulation in the Indies, or were overtaken by the political collapse of Dutch authority before they could be distributed, is the more interesting question surrounding this issue.