Catalog
250 Gulden
| Issuer | De Curaçaosche Bank |
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| Year | 1930 |
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| Printer | Royal Joh. Enschedé (Koninklijke Joh. Enschedé, Johan Enschede en Zonen), Haarlem, Netherlands (1703-date) |
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| Obverse description | Green on red-green underprint. At left, a seated allegorical female figure holds a scroll and flag; the central vignette presents a view of Saba. The issuing authority legend and denomination in Dutch appear across the note in intaglio lettering. |
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| Reverse lettering | CURAÇAO 1930 250 |
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De Curaçaosche Bank was established in 1828 as the sole bank of issue for the Dutch Caribbean territories, and by 1930 it remained one of the few colonial institutions still operating with a genuinely independent note-issuing function rather than simply distributing metropolitan currency. The 250 Gulden denomination placed this note firmly in the realm of commercial and interbank settlement — not everyday trade in Willemstad's market.
Enschedé's involvement guarantees a high standard of intaglio work; the Haarlem firm had been printing securities since the eighteenth century and handled Dutch colonial currency almost exclusively during this period. At the 250 Gulden level, surviving examples are rare regardless of condition — high-denomination colonial notes of limited issuance rarely circulated heavily before returning to the bank.