Brown on red underprint. Frame composed of arabesques and volutes winding around the border. Coat of arms of Suriname in the center composed of two Indians surrounding a medallion containing a sailboat. Below in a banner, the national motto of the country in Latin: Justitia Pietas Fides (Justice, Piety, Fidelity). The place (Paramaribo) and the date are printed in the center. At the bottom of the note, a scene symbolizing the arrival of the first Europeans in Suriname with a scene of welcome and offerings. In the background, goods unloaded on the beach and a sailboat anchored in a bay. Texts in Dutch. Value `1000` in the corners. A combination of signatures in black with the Director-Secretary and the Director-President.
Reverse description
Uniface note.
Signature(s)
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Watermark
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Surinaamsche Bank
Obverse lettering
De Surinaamsche Bank
betaald aan Tonder in gangbare Specie
DUIZEND GULDEN
PARAMARIBO, 15 FEBRUARI 1904.
Ungraveed Joh. Eschendé en Zonen, Haarlem (Translation: The Suriname Bank Pay to bearer in current specie One Thousand Gulden Paramaribo, February 15, 1904. Printed by Joh. Eschendé and Sons, Haarlem)
