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2 1/2 Gulden Silver voucher
| Issuer | Surinaamsche Bank |
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| Year | 1918 |
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| Printer | Royal Joh. Enschedé (Koninklijke Joh. Enschedé, Johan Enschede en Zonen), Haarlem, Netherlands (1703-date) |
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| Obverse description | Red-brown on light tan underprint with an intricate guilloche lattice pattern covering the entire field. The title ZILVERBON is printed in large bold letterpress across the upper centre, with SURINAME at the top and the denomination 2.50 in large numerals at centre, repeated in the four corners. Two manuscript signatures appear below the date line of 12 April 1918, attributed to the Acting Administrator of Finance and the Governor of Suriname, with the legend WETTIG BETAALMIDDEL at foot. |
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| Obverse lettering | SURINAME SERIE ZILVERBON GROOT TWEE EN EEN HALVEN GULDEN Wordt ter betaling aangenomen door de Surinaamsche Bank en aan alle Landskantoren. Inwisselbaar in zilver na aankondiging. Geregistreerd, 12 April 1918. De wnd. Administrateur van Financiën, De Gouverneur van Suriname, WETTIG BETAALMIDDEL Namaak of vervalsching is strafbaar met gevangenisstraf van ten hoogste negen jaren. (Translation: SURINAME / SERIES / SILVER VOUCHER / TWO AND A HALF GUILDERS / Is accepted for payment by the Surinaamsche Bank and at all government offices. / Redeemable in silver upon announcement. / Registered, 12 April 1918. / The Acting Administrator of Finance, / The Governor of Suriname, / LEGAL TENDER / Counterfeiting or falsification is punishable by imprisonment of up to nine years.) |
| Reverse description | Uniface; the reverse is entirely blank, printed on plain paper with no design, text, or decorative elements, showing only the natural texture of the paper stock. |
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