Catalog
| Issuer | Kingdom of the Netherlands (Ministry of Finance) |
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| Year | 1846 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Letterpress-printed note in green and white, with an ornate guilloche border running along all four edges incorporating diamond and oval motifs, and denomination numerals "20" at each corner. The central field carries the large spaced letterpress title "MUNT- BILJET" above the statutory text issued pursuant to the law of 18 December 1845, Staatsblad No. 90, with the place and date "'s Gravenhage 1 Januarij 1846" and a manuscript signature of the Minister of Finance below. A secondary panel at left bears the registration legend "Geregistreerd voor TWINTIG GULDEN, Register Lett. C" alongside a legal notice referencing the Nederlandsche Bank, all printed in the same green ink on a cream paper ground. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse shows the full printed text of the obverse bleeding through the thin paper, with two circular embossed or watermark medallions visible — one at upper centre and one at right — bearing the RIJKS MUNT device. The paper is otherwise unprinted, with the cream stock showing age toning and the guilloche border faintly visible in show-through from the face. |
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| Protection description | RIJKS MUNT watermark, appearing as circular medallion devices in the paper |
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