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2 1/2 Gulden Silver voucher
| Issuer | Surinaamsche Bank |
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| Year | 1920 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Brown and green underprint with an elaborate guilloche border framing the note, incorporating ornamental cornerpieces and vertical side panels bearing the inscription WETTIG BETAALBAAR. The denomination 2.50 appears in large numerals at each corner, with ZILVERBON-SURINAME across the top and the value in words TWEE EN EEN HALVE GULDEN in bold letterpress at centre. The lower portion carries the date Paramaribo, 1 Augustus 1920, two manuscript signature lines for the Administrator of Finance and the Governor of Suriname, and a series letter with six-digit serial number. |
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| Reverse lettering | ZILVERBON-SURINAME 2.50 Het namaken of vervalschen van zilverbons met het oogmerk om die als echt en onvervalst uit te geven, of te doen uitgeven, wordt gestraft met gevangenisstraf van ten hoogste negen jaren. (Translation: Silver Voucher - Suriname 2.50 Counterfeiting or falsifying silver notes with the intention of issuing them, or causing them to be issued, as genuine and unfalsified, shall be punishable by imprisonment of not more than nine years.) |
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The Surinaamsche Bank issued silver vouchers — zilverbonnen — as a practical workaround during and after the First World War, when coin shortages made fractional silver circulation impossible. These notes circulated as direct substitutes for silver coinage, theoretically redeemable in specie, though in practice the redeemption mechanism was rarely exercised. The 2½ gulden denomination mirrors the Dutch rijksdaalder, the traditional coin it was standing in for.
P#103 is among the scarcer denominations from this series; the smaller fractional zilverbonnen saw far heavier circulation and survive less frequently in collectable condition, while the 2½ gulden tended to be treated more like a banknote and put away.