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25 Gulden
| Issuer | De Curaçaosche Bank |
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| Year | 1918 |
| Type | Pattern or trial banknote |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in brown on a cream paper ground and framed by a geometric guilloche border with diamond and rosette corner ornaments, with the denomination numeral 25 repeated in each corner. The issuer's title DE CURAÇAOSCHE BANK is inscribed in large curved lettering across the centre, above the bearer clause betaalt aan Toonder and the denomination in full VIJF EN TWINTIG GULDEN. Serial number No.0001 appears twice at the upper portion of the note, flanked by vertical side panels bearing the denomination in text, with the place and date CURAÇAO 1918 and two manuscript signatures printed below the main legend. |
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| Reverse lettering | 25 |
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De Curaçaosche Bank was established in 1900 as the sole note-issuing authority for the Dutch Caribbean territories, operating under a concession from the Dutch Crown rather than as a central bank in the conventional sense. The 1918 date places this note squarely in the wartime disruption of Atlantic shipping, which complicated the practical movement of currency and coin between Curaçao and the Netherlands considerably.
Pick 7H is one of several signature varieties within the broader 7 series. Survival rates for pre-1920 Curaçaosche Bank issues are low — the island's small population meant limited print runs, and most circulated hard before being withdrawn.