Catalog
25 Gulden/Roepiah
| Issuer | De Javasche Bank |
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| Year | 1946 |
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| Value | 25 Rupiah |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in green and red on a dense guilloche background, centred on a large stylised floral or foliate motif with the interlaced 'JB' bank monogram at its heart. Four rectangular panels carry anti-counterfeiting legal warnings in Dutch, Malay, Javanese script, and Chinese characters respectively, positioned at the upper-left, upper-right, lower-left, and lower-right. The denomination numeral '25' appears in the upper-right and lower-left corners, with serial number and prefix letters printed in black. |
| Reverse lettering | HET NAMAKEN OF VERVALSCHEN VAN BANKBILJETTEN, HET OPZETTELIJK UITGEVEN, OF IN VOORRAAD HEBBEN VAN VALSCHE OF VERVALSCHTE BANKBILJETTEN, IS STRAFBAAR BARANGSIAPA MENIROE ATAU MEMALSOEKAN OEANG KERTAS DAN BARANGSIAPA MENGELOEARKAN DENGAN SENGADJA ATAU MENJIMPAN OEANG KERTAS JANG DIPALSOEKAN AKAN DITOENTOE DIMOEKA HAKIM |
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De Javasche Bank resumed operations after Japanese occupation ended in 1945, but the political situation in the Dutch East Indies had fundamentally changed — Sukarno's independence declaration in August 1945 meant these notes entered circulation during active armed conflict between Dutch forces and Indonesian nationalists. The dual Gulden/Roepiah denomination wording was a deliberate hedge, acknowledging both the colonial monetary system and the Indonesian term that had been in use throughout the occupation period.
Enschedé printed this series in Haarlem while the territory it was meant to serve was in open revolt. Many notes never left military and administrative channels.