Katalog
| Emittent | De Surinaamsche Bank |
|---|---|
| Jahr | 1886-1904 |
| Typ | Standard circulation banknote |
| Nennwert | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Währung | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Material | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Größe | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Form | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Druckerei | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Designer | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Stecher | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Im Umlauf bis | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Referenz(en) | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Vorderseitenbeschreibung | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
|---|---|
| Vorderseitenlegende | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Rückseitenbeschreibung | The reverse is unprinted as a deliberate design choice, presenting the pink-tinted paper ground on which a faint mirror-image offset impression of the obverse design is visible in a lighter blue-green tone — a passive anti-counterfeiting measure characteristic of early colonial issues of this period. The transferred impression renders the coat of arms vignette, guilloche border, central denomination text, and lower riverside vignette in reverse orientation, visible particularly when the note is held to light. |
| Rückseitenlegende | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Unterschrift(en) | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Sicherheitsmerkmal | Offset back print |
| Beschreibung der Sicherheitsmerkmale | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Varianten | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Anmerkungen |
De Surinaamsche Bank was established in 1865 as the sole bank of issue for the Dutch colony, and this series — running nearly two decades — reflects a period of relative monetary stability built largely on sugar and later bauxite revenues. The offset back print used as a security device was a pragmatic colonial-era solution, cheap to implement and reasonably effective against the local counterfeiting threat, which was not negligible in Suriname during this period.
Surviving examples from the earlier years of the issue range are considerably scarcer than those from the 1900s. The tropical climate was brutal on paper stocks.