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25 Gulden 'Little Princess I'
| Issuer | De Nederlandsche Bank |
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| Year | 1940 |
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| Value | 25 Gulden (25 NLG) |
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| Reverse lettering | WETBOEK VAN STRAFRECHT ART. 208 Hij die muntspecien of munt- of bankbiljetten namaakt of vervalscht, met het oogmerk om die muntspecien of munt- of bankbiljetten als echt en onvervalscht uit te geven of te doen uitgeven, wordt gestraft met gevangenisstraf van ten hoogste NEGEN JAREN AMSTERDAM 20 MEI 1940 Joh. Enschedé en Zonen (Translation: Penal Code Art. 208 - Whoever counterfeits or falsifies coins or banknotes with the intent to pass them off as genuine shall be punished with imprisonment of up to NINE YEARS / Amsterdam 20 May 1940 / Joh. Enschedé and Sons) |
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| Protection description | Watermark incorporated into the paper substrate, typical of Enschedé-printed Dutch banknotes of this period. |
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Issued just weeks before the German invasion of May 1940, this note never had a normal circulation life. De Nederlandsche Bank evacuated a substantial portion of its reserves and stocks to Britain aboard the SS Bodegraven, and significant quantities of unissued notes from this period went with them or were destroyed to prevent seizure. The "Little Princess" nickname derives from the diminutive Juliana vignette — though the public had already been using the name informally for earlier Enschedé-printed Gulden designs featuring the same subject.
Enschedé's watermarking on this series is among the more technically refined Dutch commercial paperwork of the period, produced entirely in-house at Haarlem under conditions of increasing political anxiety.