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25 Gulden
| Issuer | Curaçaosche Bank |
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| Year | 1879-1914 |
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| Value | 25 Gulden (25 ANG) |
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| Obverse description | Black letterpress on red-brown guilloche underprint, with an ornate typographic border framing the entire face. The central text block carries the bank title, denomination in words and figures, and the bearer clause, with the imprint of Johan Enschede en Zonen at lower right. Notes of this issue were redeemed and overprinted or handstamped 'zonder waarde' (without value); signature combinations vary across the emission period. |
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| Obverse lettering | Goed voor f. 25,- CURAÇAOSCHE BANK VIJF EN TWINTIG GULDEN betaalbaar op vertoon aan Toonder bij de directie van de BANK te Curaçao. Goed voor Vijf en Twintig Gulden in specie. f.25,- Curaçao, 1879 J. E. & Z. (Translation: Good for f. 25,- Curacao Bank Twenty Five Gulden payable on presentation to Bearer at the management of the Bank in Curaçao. Good for Twenty Five Gulden in specie. Curaçao, 1879) |
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The Curaçaosche Bank was established in 1828, making it one of the oldest colonial banks in the Caribbean, and this note spans a remarkably long dating window — nearly four decades — suggesting the plate was retained and reused rather than periodically redesigned. Enschedé in Haarlem supplied banknotes across the Dutch colonial world throughout this period, and their production quality was consistently high, but long-running series like this one are frequently found with manuscript date completions and varying ink densities that reflect the span of issue.
The 25 Gulden denomination was not small money in Curaçao. At the island's commerce-driven economy tied to entrepôt trade, notes of this value circulated primarily in mercantile rather than everyday transactions.