Catalog
2 1/2 Gulden Muntbiljet
| Issuer | Suriname |
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| Year | 1973-1978 |
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| Value | 21/2 Guilders (21/2 Gulden) (2.50 SRG) |
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| Obverse description | Red-brown and light-blue on multicolour underprint. A vignette of a Blue-gray Tanager (Thraupis episcopus) perched on a branch occupies the left portion of the note. The centre carries three lines of text above the signature title 'De Minister van Financiën', with the denomination and issuing authority inscribed across the face. |
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| Reverse description | Red-brown and light-green on multicolour underprint. A lizard is depicted alongside a view of the Afobaka Dam, the hydroelectric dam on the Suriname River, rendered against the decorative guilloche underprint. The denomination and legal tender inscription are printed across the reverse. |
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The "muntbiljet" designation is the key detail here — these were treasury notes issued directly by the state rather than by the Centrale Bank van Suriname, a distinction that carried administrative weight even if it meant little to everyday users. Suriname gained independence from the Netherlands in November 1975, mid-series, so notes of this type exist under both the pre- and post-independence issuing framework without any visible design change to mark the transition.
Bradbury, Wilkinson handled much of the anglophone and former-colonial Caribbean and South American printing work through this period. The 2½ gulden denomination itself — awkward by modern standards — traces back to Dutch monetary tradition and persisted well past any practical necessity.