Catalog
2 1/2 Gulden Silver voucher
| Issuer | Surinaamsche Bank |
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| Year | 1920 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | SURINAME SILVERBON GROOT TWEE EN EEN HALVE GULDEN Wordt ter betaling aangenomen door de Surinaamsche Bank en aan alle landskassen. Inwisselbaar in zilver na aankondiging. Geregistreerd, 2 Februari 1920. WETTIG BETAALMIDDEL (Translation: Suriname - Silver Voucher Big Two and a Half Gulden Is accepted for payment by the Surinaamsche Bank and to all national treasuries. Redeemable in silver upon announcement. Registered, February 2, 1920. Legal Tender) |
| Reverse description | Uniface; the reverse is plain unprinted paper, showing only fold marks and minor toning consistent with circulation. |
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The designation "silver voucher" (zilvergulden bon) was not decorative language — these notes were formally backed by silver reserves held on behalf of the Dutch colonial administration, a distinct arrangement from the bank's ordinary fiduciary circulation. Surinaamsche Bank occupied an unusual dual role as both commercial and quasi-central bank in the colony, and the silver bon series was one mechanism used to manage the chronic shortage of hard coin in Paramaribo.
Enschedé's involvement guaranteed quality engraving; the Haarlem firm had printed Dutch colonial currency for generations by 1920.