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250 Guilders Foundation Save the Children
| Issuer | Centrale Bank van Suriname |
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| Year | 1991-1992 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse description | Central shield of the Surinamese coat of arms, supported on either side by standing indigenous figures. The shield is encircled by an ornamental wreath, with the national motto legend inscribed below the shield. The overall design is rendered in a heraldic style with fine milled detail throughout the field. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Issued to support the Save the Children Fund, this piece was produced during one of the more turbulent stretches of Surinamese monetary history — the early 1990s saw the guilder under severe inflationary pressure following years of military rule under Dési Bouterse and the collapse of Dutch development aid after the 1982 December Murders. A commemorative gold issue in that environment was aimed squarely at the international collector market rather than domestic circulation.