The Centrale Bank van Suriname leaned heavily on Thomas De La Rue throughout the late Surinamese guilder period, a practical choice for a small Caribbean nation without domestic printing infrastructure. This 25 Gulden falls within an issue span covering most of the 1990s — a turbulent decade for Suriname that included hyperinflationary pressure, a military-civilian power struggle, and a currency that lost most of its purchasing power before the guilder was eventually replaced by the Surinamese dollar in 2004.
The watermark remains the sole listed security feature, which by the late 1990s was already considered minimal protection against counterfeiting.
The Centrale Bank van Suriname leaned heavily on Thomas De La Rue throughout the late Surinamese guilder period, a practical choice for a small Caribbean nation without domestic printing infrastructure. This 25 Gulden falls within an issue span covering most of the 1990s — a turbulent decade for Suriname that included hyperinflationary pressure, a military-civilian power struggle, and a currency that lost most of its purchasing power before the guilder was eventually replaced by the Surinamese dollar in 2004.
The watermark remains the sole listed security feature, which by the late 1990s was already considered minimal protection against counterfeiting.