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2 1/2 Gulden Silver Voucher
| Issuer | Netherlands Ministry of Finance |
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| Year | 1918-1920 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | Serie LR - No 016520 WETTIG BETAALMIDDEL - KONINKRIJK DER NEDERLANDEN ZILVERBON Groot TWEE EN EEN HALVE GULDEN Wordt ter betaling aangenomen door De Nederlandsche Bank en aan alle Rijkskantoren. Inwisselbaar in zilver na aankondiging. Geregistreerd - 1 October 1920 De Agent van het Ministerie van Financiën - De Minister van Financiën (Translation: Legal Tender - Kingdom of the Netherlands Silver Voucher Two and a Half Gulden Accepted for payment by The Dutch Bank and all government offices. Redeemable in silver after announcement. Registered - 1 October 1920 The Agent of the Ministry of Finance - The Minister of Finance) |
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| Reverse lettering | KONINKRIJK DER NEDERLANDEN Het namaken of vervalschen van zilverbons met het oogmerk om die als echt en onvervalscht uit te geven of te doen uitgeven wordt gestraft met gevangenisstraf van ten hoogste negen jaren. WETTIG BETAALMIDDEL (Translation: Kingdom of the Netherlands Counterfeiting or falsifying silver vouchers for the purpose of issuing it or have it issued as genuine and unadulterated is punishable by up to nine years' imprisonment. Legal Tender) |
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The Zilverbons — silver vouchers — were introduced in 1917 as an emergency measure after hoarding stripped the Netherlands of its silver coinage within the first years of the war. The 2½ Gulden denomination replaced the familiar silver rijksdaalder, and the government made these notes legally redeemable in silver, a promise it quietly walked back as bullion reserves tightened. By 1920 the redemption guarantee had become essentially theoretical.
The Ministry of Finance issued directly, bypassing De Nederlandsche Bank entirely — an unusual arrangement that reflected how quickly the wartime monetary situation had overtaken normal institutional channels.