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25 Gulden
| Issuer | De Surinaamsche Bank |
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| Year | 1951 |
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| Value | 25 Guilders (25 Gulden) (25 SRG) |
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| Obverse description | Brown-toned note with a central guilloche underprint of radiating sunburst lathe-work surrounding the large numeral '25' at centre. A vignette at lower right presents a colonial building flying a flag, flanked by tropical palms. The issuing authority name is set in large letterpress type across the top margin, with the denomination spelled out in full along the lower margin and a signature box for the Chief Director at bottom centre. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse centres on an elaborate multicolour guilloche rosette executed in interlocking teal and brown lathe-work, with the numeral '25' in large figures at upper left and lower right corners. The date and place of issue are rendered in letterpress along the top and bottom margins, and a boxed anti-counterfeiting legal warning in Dutch occupies the centre field. |
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De Surinaamsche Bank was a private commercial institution — not a central bank — that retained the right to issue currency in Suriname well into the twentieth century, an arrangement that persisted under Dutch colonial administration until the Centrale Bank van Suriname was established in 1957. This note predates that transition by six years.
Joh. Enschedé en Zonen printed most Dutch colonial currency of this period, making De Bussy an unusual choice. De Bussy was primarily known as a publisher and printer of official Dutch government documents rather than a banknote house, and their involvement with this series remains one of the less-examined details of Surinamese note production.