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| Issuer | De Javasche Bank |
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| Year | 1897-1901 |
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| Currency | Gulden (decimalized, 1854-1948) |
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| Obverse description | Green and brown intaglio print on white paper. At left, a vignette of Mercury; at top centre, three crowned city arms in wreaths representing Surabaya, Batavia, and Semarang. At right, a portrait vignette of Jan Pieterszoon Coen with characteristic ruffed collar. The note is inscribed SPECIMEN and bears the imprint of Joh. Enschedé en Zonen. |
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| Obverse lettering | DE JAVASHE BANK BETAALT AAN TOONDER DRIE HONDERD GULDEN BATAVIA 30 APRIL 1901. SPECIMEN JOH ENSCHEDÉ EN ZONEN (Translation: The Javanese Bank Pay to the Bearer Three Hundred Gulden Batavia April 30, 1901. Specimen Joh. Enschedé and Sons) |
| Reverse description | Green and brown intaglio print. The reverse carries an anti-counterfeiting legal warning rendered in four languages — Dutch, Javanese (in Hanacaraka script), Chinese, and Malay (in Jawi script) — arranged in panels across the face of the note. |
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