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25 Gulden Spare Note
| Issuer | De Nederlandsche Bank |
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| Year | 1914 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse lettering | NBA 25 NBA DE NEDERLANDSCHE BANK betaalt aan Toonder VIJF EN TWINTIG GULDEN Amsterdam, 1 October 1914. De Secretaris De President DE NEDERLANDSCHE BANK. (Translation: The Netherlands Bank pays to Bearer Twenty Five Gulden Amsterdam, 1 October 1914. The Secretary The President The Netherlands Bank.) |
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| Reverse lettering | VIJF EN TWINTIG GULDEN (Translation: Twenty Five Gulden) |
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De Nederlandsche Bank began issuing "spaarbiljetten" — spare notes — as a contingency measure at the outbreak of the First World War, when the suspension of the gold standard and a sudden public rush on bank reserves created an acute shortage of circulating currency. The 25 Gulden denomination was among the first produced under emergency authorization in August 1914, printed domestically by De Bussy rather than through the bank's usual suppliers.
The perforation cancellation found on surviving examples typically indicates redemption rather than fraud prevention — cancelled spares returned through official channels were routinely punched before archiving.