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2 1/2 Gulden
| Issuer | Curaçaosche Bank |
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| Year | 1918 |
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| Value | 2½ Gulden |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is entirely covered by an intricate engine-turned guilloche pattern in red and yellow-ochre tones, with elaborate rosette medallions symmetrically arranged at the left and right sides flanking a central radiating geometric design. A block of Dutch-language warning text concerning the legal penalties for counterfeiting is set within the upper portion of the guilloche field. The overall composition relies entirely on the fine lathe-work ornament with no pictorial vignette. |
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| Protection description | Intricate engine-turned guilloche pattern covering the entire reverse, providing a complex geometric background resistant to reproduction. |
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The Curaçaosche Bank was established in 1828 to serve the Dutch colonial territories in the Caribbean, and by 1918 it remained the sole note-issuing authority for Curaçao and the surrounding islands. The 2½ Gulden denomination — the familiar "rijksdaalder" unit carried over from Netherlands monetary tradition — was practical small-paper currency for an island economy heavily dependent on the oil trade that would only accelerate after the Shell refinery opened at Willemstad in 1918.
P#7C sits within a series that spanned several signature varieties across decades of continuous reissue, making precise dating of individual notes within the type genuinely difficult without clear signature identification.