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2 1/2 Gulden Silver voucher
| Issuer | Suriname |
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| Year | 1950 |
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| Size | 129 × 73 mm |
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| Obverse description | Red-brown ink on a yellow-green guilloche underprint. At left, a vignette of Mercury in bust profile; the denomination numeral '2½' appears at upper left and lower left corners. The order number is printed in black with two letter prefix characters. Inscriptions in Dutch confirm the note's status as a zilverbon (silver voucher) issued under the country regulation of 14 April 1940. |
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| Obverse lettering | SURINAME ZILVERBON GROOT TWE EN EEN HALVE GULDEN UITGEGEVEN KRACHTENS LANDSVERORDENING VAN 14 APRIL 1940 (G.B. No.60) GEREGISTREERD: PARAMARIBO, 1 JULI 1950. (Translation: Suriname Silver Voucher Two and a Half Gulden Issued under country regulation of April 14, 1940 (G.B. No.60). Registered: Paramaribo, July 1st., 1950.) |
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Suriname maintained a silver-backed voucher system well into the postwar period partly because the territory lacked its own central bank — the Centrale Bank van Suriname wasn't established until 1957. These gulden silver vouchers circulated under the authority of the colonial treasury, functioning as a practical substitute for coin in a supply-constrained economy where actual silver specie was chronically short. Enschedé in Haarlem had printed Surinamese currency material for decades by this point, and the relationship reflected a broader Dutch colonial printing monopoly rather than any competitive tender process.