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2 1/2 Gulden Silver Voucher
| Issuer | Netherlands Ministry of Finance |
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| Year | 1918-1920 |
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| Size | 129 × 73 mm |
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| Reverse description | The reverse mirrors the obverse border design, with a broad blue-green guilloche frame enclosing diamond and geometric motifs and the denomination '2.50' repeated in large numerals at each corner. A central rectangular panel in blue-green carries the anti-counterfeiting warning text and the legal tender inscription. |
| 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.