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125 000 Gulden Millennium
| Issuer | Centrale Bank van Suriname |
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| Year | 2000 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse description | The crowned coat of arms of Suriname occupies the central field, flanked by two indigenous native figures serving as supporters. The entire armorial composition is encircled by a decorative laurel wreath. The outer legend around the periphery reads SURINAME JUSTITIA PIETAS FIDES, referencing the national motto of Justice, Piety, and Faith. |
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| Obverse lettering | SURINAME JUSTITIA PIETAS FIDES (Translation: Justice Piety Faith) |
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Suriname's central bank issued this piece to mark the turn of the millennium, a moment the young republic — independent from the Netherlands only since 1975 — chose to commemorate in gold despite the country being in the grip of a catastrophic currency crisis. By 2000, hyperinflation had so decimated the Surinamese guilder that 125,000 of them represented a denomination that had become almost meaningless in daily commerce. The coin's face value was nominal fiction the day it was struck.
The .585 fineness — 14-karat gold — is characteristic of Dutch-influenced monetary tradition in the region.