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1000 Gulden 'Grietje Seel'
| Issuer | De Nederlandsche Bank |
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| Year | 1926-1938 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Reverse description | Printed in dark green and violet, the reverse is composed entirely of intricate geometric guilloche patterns arranged symmetrically across the note's face, with the denomination and abbreviated issuer reference rendered in bold letterpress at centre. |
| Reverse lettering | 1000 NED BANK (Translation: 1000 Netherlands Bank) |
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The "Grietje Seel" nickname derives from the female figure engraved on the note — a common Dutch habit of personalizing high-denomination paper, though the name itself has murky folk etymology. At 1000 Gulden, this was serious money in interwar Netherlands; a factory worker's weekly wage ran to perhaps 12 to 15 Gulden in the mid-1930s.
When German forces occupied the Netherlands in May 1940, the DNB suspended convertibility and this series was eventually called in under the post-liberation currency purge of 1945, which required holders to register large-denomination notes — a measure aimed squarely at wartime black-market profits. Unregistered examples were voided.