25 Gulden

Issuer	De Javasche Bank
Year	1864-1890
Type	Standard circulation banknote
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Obverse description	The face is engraved in a dense ornamental style, framed by an elaborate scrollwork border with denomination numeral 25 in each corner within guilloche cartouches. The bank title "De Javasche Bank" appears in Gothic blackletter script at the top, followed by the bearer clause and the denomination "VIJF EN TWINTIG GULDEN" in bold decorative lettering. At the lower centre, a vignette presents a recumbent lion beside the Dutch colonial arms, surrounded by symbols of trade and industry, with spaces for manuscript signatures of the Secretary and President.
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Reverse description	The reverse is printed in blue and red, centred on a large cruciform guilloche composition of five interlocking oval medallions, the central oval bearing the inscription "JAVASCHE BANK" and the numeral 25 appearing in the four surrounding ovals. Four red-printed text panels are placed in the corners, each containing anti-counterfeiting penalty notices in a different language: Dutch (upper left), Javanese script (lower left), Arabic (upper right), and Chinese characters (lower right).
Reverse lettering	JAVASCHE BANK 25 Met den dood, te pronkstelling, opsluiting in een tuchthuis en Verbanning wordt naar omstandigheden gestraft het namaken of Veralschen en het opzettelijk uitgeven van nagemaakte of Vervalschte billetten der Bank. (Staatsblad 1817 no. 4, 1822 no. 32 en 1859 no. 98.) (Translation: Bank of Java. Counterfeiting, altering or knowingly issuing forged or falsified banknotes of the Bank is punishable by death, pillory, imprisonment in a house of correction and banishment, depending on circumstances.)
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