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| Issuer | Netherlands (Government) |
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| Year | 1943 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Green muntbiljet (coin note) with a central oval vignette of Queen Wilhelmina in left-facing portrait, set within guilloche underprint work. Denomination numerals '2 1/2' appear at upper left and right corners within ornate cartouches, with the issuing authority and legal text inscribed below the portrait. |
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| Reverse description | Red-orange intaglio print on a grey guilloche underprint, with the Dutch Royal Coat of Arms — surmounted by a crown and supported by two rampant lions — at center. The denomination 'TWEE EN EEN HALVE GULDEN' is repeated in two ornate sunburst medallions flanking the arms, with denomination numerals '2 1/2' in scalloped cartouches at all four corners and the motto 'JE MAINTIENDRAI' on a ribbon below the shield. |
| Reverse lettering | 2 1/2 - NEDERLAND - 2 1/2 TWEE EN EEN HALVE GULDEN JE MAINTIENDRAI Wetboek van Strafrecht, art. 208, 209 Het namaken of vervalschen van muntbiljetten, het uitgeven, in voorraad hebben of binnen het Rijk in Europa invoeren van valsche of vervalschte muntbiljetten met het oogmerk om ze als echt en onvervalscht uit te geven of te doen uitgeven, wordt gestraft met gevangenisstraf van ten hoogste NEGEN JAREN. AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY (Translation: 2 1/2 - Netherlands - 2 1/2 Two and a Half Gulden I Will Maintain Criminal Code, art. 208, 209 Counterfeiting or falsifying currency, the issuing, having in stock or importing in the Empire in Europe of false or counterfeit currency for the purpose of issuing or have it issued as genuine and unadulterated, is punishable by up to NINE YEARS' imprisonment. American Bank Note Company) |
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