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100 Gulden - Wilhelmina
| Issuer | Nederlandsch-Indische Gouvernement (Netherlands Indies Government) |
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| Year | 1943 |
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| Value | 100 Gulden |
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| Reverse description | Green note with a central vignette composed of a military pilot with aircraft, a soldier, and a naval vessel, evoking the Allied war effort. Penal warning text against counterfeiting is printed in Dutch at left and in Bahasa Indonesia (in the old Van Ophuijsen orthography) at right, within decorative borders. |
| Reverse lettering | NEDERLANDSCH INDIË Het namaken of vervalschen van Muntbiljeten, het opzettelijk uitgeven, in voorraad hebben of binnen Nederlandsch-Indië invoeren van valsche of vervalschte Muntbiljeten, is bij de Artikelen 244, 245 en 249 wetboek van strafrecht strafbaar gesteld. Didalam fatsal 244, 245 dan 249 dari kitab oendang oen dang hoekoeman ditetapkan hoekoeman oentoek jang meniroe atau memalsoekan oewang kertas dan oentoek jang mengloearkan denga sengadja, menjimpam atau memasoekkan oewang kertas lantjoeng atau jang didjadikan lantjoeng ke Hindia-be-Landa. (Translation: Netherlands Indie The counterfeiting of currency notes, the intentional issuing, stockpiling or importing of counterfeit currency notes within the Dutch East Indies is punishable by Articles 244, 245 and 249 of the Criminal Code.) |
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This note belongs to the emergency series produced in the United States after the Japanese occupation of the Dutch East Indies in early 1942 effectively severed the colonial administration from its territory. The Netherlands Indies Government, operating in exile, contracted the American Bank Note Company to produce currency that could theoretically re-enter circulation once the archipelago was liberated — a function that was partly realized after 1945, though the notes competed with a chaotic mix of Japanese occupation scrip and returning Dutch issues.
The 1943 date places production squarely in wartime, when ABNC was simultaneously handling emergency currency contracts for multiple displaced governments.