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1000 Gulden Rembrandt van Rijn
| Issuer | De Nederlandsche Bank |
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| Year | 1956 |
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| Value | 1000 Gulden (1000 NLG) |
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| Obverse description | Brown and green intaglio print. A portrait vignette of Rembrandt van Rijn occupies the right portion of the note, attributed to the Thyssen Collection, Villa Favorita, Lugano (authenticity doubtful); to the left, a sketch by Rembrandt showing brushes, a palette, and a windmill forms the underprint. The imprint credits J.F. Doeve as designer and Joh. Enschedé en Zonen as printer. |
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| Reverse lettering | DNB 1000 |
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The highest denomination in De Nederlandsche Bank's postwar series, this note was designed by Eppo Doeve — better known as a political cartoonist and satirist whose sharp editorial work appeared regularly in Elsevier throughout the 1950s. The choice of Doeve for a prestige commission at Enschedé was unconventional; his instinct for caricature translated, perhaps unexpectedly, into a striking engraved design.
At face value, 1000 gulden in 1956 represented serious money — roughly three months' wages for an average Dutch worker. These circulated almost exclusively between banks and large commercial institutions, so genuinely worn examples are rare.