Catalog
1000 Gulden
| Issuer | De Javasche Bank |
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| Year | 1938-1939 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Green and red bicolour note with an elaborate guilloche underprint. A male Javanese dancer appears at left and a female Javanese dancer at right, flanking the central denomination vignette; the bank title and value inscriptions are arranged across the centre of the note. The design is executed in the Art Nouveau style characteristic of Lion Cachet, with intricate ornamental borders throughout. |
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| Reverse lettering | DE JAVASCHE BANK Het namaken of Vervalschen van bankbiljetten, het opzettelijk uitgeven, in voorraad hebben of binnen Nederlandsch-Indië invoeren van valsche of vervalschte bankbiljetten is bij de artikelen 244, 245 en 249 Wetboek van Strafrecht strafbaar gesteld. ꧋ꦤꦶꦫꦸꦲꦸꦠꦮꦩꦭ꧀ꦱꦸꦮꦁꦏꦼꦂꦠꦱ꧀ ꦲꦥꦢꦺꦤꦺꦩꦲꦤꦚ꧀ꦗꦏ꧀ꦏꦏꦺ꧈ꦔꦿꦸꦩꦠ꧀ꦠꦶꦲꦸꦠꦮꦒꦮꦩ꧀ꦭꦼꦧꦈꦮꦁꦏꦼꦂꦠꦱ꧀ꦥꦭ꧀ꦱꦸꦲꦸꦠꦮꦮꦁꦏꦼꦂꦠꦱ꧀ꦏꦢꦶꦥ꧀ꦱꦸꦲꦶꦁꦮꦮꦼꦁꦏꦺꦴꦤ꧀ꦲꦶꦟ꧀ꦝꦶꦪꦤꦺꦢꦼꦂꦭꦤ꧀ꦲꦶꦏꦸꦢꦶꦲꦸꦏꦸꦩ꧀ꦩꦤꦸꦠ꧀ꦲꦸꦤꦶꦤꦺꦧꦧ꧀꧇꧒꧔꧔꧇꧒꧔꧕꧇ꦭꦤ꧀꧇꧒꧔꧙꧇ꦲꦶꦁꦲꦁꦒꦼꦂꦲꦁꦒꦼꦂꦲꦸꦏꦸꦩ꧀꧈ 僞造或變造本銀行紙幣或發出僞幣與及存有此等僞造或變造之紙幣或將此等僞造或變造之紙幣帶入荷屬印度者依照刑事法第二百四十四條第二百四十五條及第二百四十九條處罰 ددالم فصل ٢٤٤، ٢٤٥ دان ٢٤٩ در كتاب اوندڠ٢ حكم من دتتفكن حكم من اونتق يڠ منيرو اتو مملسوكن اواڠ قرطاس دان اونتق يڠ مڠلواركن دڠن سڠاج مپمفن اتو مماسقكن اواڠ قرطاس لنچوڠ اتو يڠ دجديكن لنچوڠ كهندي بلند 1000 DUIZEND GULDEN (Translation: The Javasche Bank Anyone who imitate or counterfeit this banknote and whoever intentionally issue, withhold, or import such imitated or counterfeit banknote into the Netherlands Indies shall be punished under Articles 244, 245 and 249 of the Criminal Code.) |
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De Javasche Bank was the colonial central bank of the Netherlands East Indies, and by 1938 it was printing high-denomination notes in Haarlem for circulation across an archipelago on the edge of catastrophe. Within three years of this note's issue, the Japanese occupation would render the entire prewar DEI currency system obsolete — occupation guilders replaced Dutch colonial paper, and much of the existing stock was destroyed, surrendered, or hidden.
Carel Adolph Lion Cachet's involvement is worth noting. A Dutch artist of genuine standing, his design work for Enschedé brought an aesthetic seriousness to this series that was unusual for colonial paper. The 1000 Gulden denomination was never a note ordinary people handled — at that value, it moved between institutions, not pockets.