Catalog
300 Gulden
| Issuer | De Nederlandsche Bank |
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| Year | 1814-1854 |
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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 | Printed in red on plain paper, this text-only bearer note carries the full letterpress obligation legend in Dutch across the face, with the denomination 'Drie Honderd Guldens' set in larger type both in the body text and repeated at the lower right as a secondary value statement. The note number, date of issue, and place of issue (Amsterdam) appear in manuscript, while the signatures of the President, Directeur, and Secretaris of De Nederlandsche Bank are applied by hand beneath their respective printed titles. Seven distinct types were issued within this series between 1814 and 1859, with earlier examples having the value written in manuscript and later ones with the value printed. |
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| Obverse lettering | NEDERLANDSCHE BANK. Ontvangen van Toonder de Somma van Drie Honderd Guldens / om aan Toonder, op vertooning te restituëren. Amsterdam, den 9 Januarÿ 1854. Nederlandsche-Bank President - Directeur - Secretaris III. Drie Honderd Guldens. (Translation: Bank of Netherlands. Received from Bearer the Sum of Three Hundred Guilders, to be returned to Bearer upon presentation. Amsterdam, the 9th January 1854. Bank of Netherlands. President - Director - Secretary Three Hundred Gulden) |
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De Nederlandsche Bank was established by royal decree in 1814, and the 300 Gulden denomination was among the highest values in its early note series — a face value that put it well beyond the reach of ordinary commerce and into the hands of merchants, financiers, and government treasuries. The denomination itself was abolished as the bank rationalized its note ladder across the mid-nineteenth century, making this a relatively short-lived instrument in institutional terms.
Enschedé in Haarlem had been printing for the Dutch state since the eighteenth century, and their involvement here is unsurprising. What is worth noting is the forty-year production window: dating individual notes precisely within the 1814–1854 span requires close attention to signature combinations and manuscript date entries.