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25 Centen
| Uitgever | Curaçaosche Bank |
|---|---|
| Jaar | 1892 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Opschrift voorzijde | CURAÇAO, 1892. Goed voor f 0.25 Nº4304 Curaçaosche Bank VYFEN TWINTIG CENTEN betaalbaar op vertoon aan Toonder by de directie van de Bank te Curaçao Goed voor VYFEN TWINTIG CENTEN in specie. Hamilton Bank Note Co., New York (Translation: CURACAO, 1892. Good for f 0.25 Nº4304 Curacao Bank Twenty Five Cents payable on presentation to Bearer at the management of the Bank in Curaçao Good for Twenty Five Cents in specie. Hamilton Bank Note Co., New York) |
| Beschrijving keerzijde | Uniface issue; the reverse is entirely unprinted and was left blank by the printer, with two handwritten ink signatures of bank officials applied by hand prior to circulation. |
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The Curaçaosche Bank was established by royal decree in 1828 as the sole issuing institution for the Dutch Caribbean territories, making it one of the oldest colonial banks in the Western Hemisphere still operating under a formal charter at the time this note was printed. A fractional denomination in paper was an unusual choice for a Caribbean colonial issuer — most preferred coin for small transactions — but chronic shortages of low-value specie in Curaçao forced the bank's hand repeatedly throughout the nineteenth century.
Hamilton Bank Note Company handled relatively few foreign colonial contracts compared to rivals like ABNC, and their Caribbean output is sparsely documented. This 1892 issue is among the earlier surviving examples of their work for a Dutch colonial client.