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2 1/2 Gulden - Juliana Coin note
| Issuer | Netherlands (Ministry of Finance) |
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| Year | 1949 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse lettering | NEDERLAND MUNTBILJET 2 1/2 Uitgegeven krachtens K.B. van 4 februari 1943 en van 18 Mei 1945 8 augustus 1949 De minister van Financiën TWEE EN EEN HALVE GULDEN WETTIG BETAALMIDDEL JOH. ENSCHEDÉ EN ZONEN (Translation: Netherlands Coin Note 2 1/2 Issued under R.D. of February 4th 1943 and of May 18th 1945 August 8th, 1949 The minister of Finance Two and a Half Gulden Legal Tender Joh. Enschedé and Sons) |
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| Protection description | 3D cube pattern |
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The "muntbiljet" — coin note — was a Dutch institution rather than a wartime improvisation. The Ministry of Finance, not De Nederlandsche Bank, had statutory authority over this denomination, a jurisdictional split rooted in nineteenth-century monetary law that persisted well into the postwar decades. These notes circulated alongside actual coins as legal tender for small transactions, filling the perpetual gap between paper money and coinage.
Enschedé had printed Dutch currency from their Haarlem premises for generations, and the quality of intaglio work on this series reflects that continuity. The 1949 dating places this issue in the early years of Juliana's reign, following her September 1948 accession after Wilhelmina's abdication.