Catalog
300 Gulden Auxiliary Note
| Issuer | De Nederlandsche Bank |
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| Year | 1914 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Printed in black and green, the note is framed by an elaborate guilloche border with ornamental corner medallions and interlocking scroll work running along all four edges. A central green oval underprint bears the issuer's name 'De Nederlandsche Bank' in bold letterpress, with the words 'DRIE HONDERD GULDEN' overprinted across it, flanked by small-print legal text and two manuscript signatures below, captioned 'Secretaris' and 'President' respectively. The denomination '300' appears in the top centre cartouche, with series designation 'Serie NB' to the left and the serial number to the right, while the place and date of issue 'AMSTERDAM / Uitgifte 1 Augustus 1914' are set within a bottom panel. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is uniface, printed on plain paper with no design elements, and shows the show-through impression of the obverse printing along with the cancellation punch-hole pattern applied across the central field. |
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The August 1914 mobilization forced De Nederlandsche Bank into a position it had not anticipated: gold reserves were under immediate pressure as the public converted paper into coin at a frantic pace. These auxiliary notes — hulpbiljetten — were authorized under emergency wartime legislation and rushed into circulation within days of the German invasion of Belgium. The 300 Gulden denomination was the highest in the auxiliary series, aimed squarely at commercial and interbank transactions rather than retail use.
Production was handled internally in Amsterdam under considerable speed. Surviving examples frequently show uneven ink distribution consistent with hasty presswork.