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300 Gulden
| Issuer | De Surinaamsche Bank |
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| Year | 1865-1910 |
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| Printer | Royal Joh. Enschedé (Koninklijke Joh. Enschedé, Johan Enschede en Zonen), Haarlem, Netherlands (1703-date) |
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| Obverse lettering | De Surinaamsche Bank te Paramaribo betaald aan Tonder in gangbare Specie DRIE HONDERD GULDEN PARAMARIBO, 1 JULIJ 1865. (Translation: The Suriname Bank in Paramaribo Pay to bearer in current specie Three Hundred Gulden Paramaribo, July 1, 1865.) |
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| Protection description | Watermark reading "Surinaamsche Bank" |
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De Surinaamsche Bank was established in 1865 with a monopoly on note issuance in the Dutch colony, and the 300 Gulden denomination — unusually high for a colonial circulation note — was almost certainly intended for interbank settlement and merchant trade rather than everyday use. This makes surviving examples rare: high-value notes in small colonial economies tend to disappear through redemption or destruction rather than accumulation.
Enschedé's involvement is unsurprising; the Haarlem firm handled Dutch colonial printing throughout this period. The 45-year date span on this issue suggests plate reuse across multiple printings with minimal design revision.