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| Issuer | Suriname |
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| Year | 1955 |
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| Size | 129 × 73 mm |
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| Obverse description | Red-brown on orange underprint. A vignette of Mercury's bust appears to the left, rendered in intaglio. The order number is printed in black with two letters, and the face bears the full statutory inscription in Dutch detailing the legal authority for issue and the registration date of 1 July 1955. |
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| Reverse description | Printed in red and brown. The centre is dominated by an elaborate guilloche rosette with the denomination "TWEE EN EEN HALVE GULDEN" inscribed in a horizontal band across it. The numeral "2½" appears in each corner, and an anti-counterfeiting warning text in Dutch is set in small letterpress type to the right of the guilloche. |
| Reverse lettering | SURINAME WETTIG BETAALMIDDEL TWE EN EEN HALVE GULDEN JOH. ENSCHEDE EN ZONEN HAARLEM (Translation: Suriname Legal Tender Two and a Half Gulden Joh. Enschedé and Sons Haarlem) |
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