2 1/2 Gulden Silver voucher

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.