Catalog
100 Gulden Snipe
| Issuer | De Nederlandsche Bank |
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| Year | 1977 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | 100 amsterdam 28 juli 1977 Honderd Gulden de nederlandsche bank 100 (Translation: 100 Amsterdam - July 28, 1977 One Hundred Gulden Bank of The Netherlands) |
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| Reverse lettering | 100 Poelsnip r d e oxenaar inv © auteursrecht de nederlandsche bank nv joh. enschedé en zonen imp. (Translation: 100 Snipe R.D.E. Oxenaar inv. © Copyright Bank of The Netherlands NV Joh. Enschedé and Sons Imp.) |
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Ootje Oxenaar's redesign of the Dutch gulden series through the 1970s marked a sharp departure from the portrait-and-allegory conventions that had governed European banknote design for a century. The 100 Gulden of 1977 — known as the "Snip" (Snipe) after the wading bird central to its imagery — was deliberately abstract and typographically bold, reflecting Oxenaar's background as a graphic designer rather than a trained engraver. De Nederlandsche Bank gave him unusual creative latitude, and he used it.
The series remained in circulation until the euro transition in 2002. Enschedé had printed Dutch notes continuously since the eighteenth century, making them one of the longest-serving security printers anywhere in Europe.