Catalog
2 1/2 Gulden/Roepiah
| Issuer | De Javasche Bank |
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| Year | 1948 |
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| Size | 122 × 64 mm |
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| Obverse description | Red on pink underprint. A vignette of tropical blossoms with leaves occupies the left portion of the note, rendered in fine intaglio detail. The bank title DE JAVASCHE BANK appears across the top, with the bilingual value text in Dutch and Malay centered on the face, flanked at right by a large guilloche medallion bearing the denomination numeral 2½. Two manuscript signatures appear at the bottom, captioned SECRETARIS and PRESIDENT respectively, with the year 1948 printed at the lower right. |
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| Reverse description | Red on pink underprint. The centre of the reverse is dominated by an ornate interlaced monogram of the letters D J B enclosed within stylised Art Deco wave motifs. Two parallel text panels flank the monogram, one in Malay and one in Dutch, both containing statutory warnings against counterfeiting. Guilloche rosettes decorate the upper corners, and the denomination numeral 2½ appears at lower left and upper right. |
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| Protection description | No watermark |
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