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300 Gulden Grietje Seel
| Issuer | De Nederlandsche Bank |
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| Year | 1921-1927 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Reverse description | Green and multicolor guilloche patterns cover the entire reverse, with elaborate lathe-work rosettes and interlocking geometric designs forming a dense, symmetrical composition. The denomination numeral '300' appears in bold at the upper left and upper right corners, with the serial prefix letters 'AD' repeated at the lower corners. A continuous anti-counterfeiting inscription in Dutch script runs in an oval band around the central guilloche medallion. |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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The 300 Gulden "Grietje Seel" series ran from 1921, but this particular note carries a print date of 30 April 1945 — the day Hitler died in Berlin and, for the Netherlands, a moment of extreme disorder. The country was still under German occupation; liberation came days later. Notes printed on that date were almost certainly never issued through normal banking channels, and the practical question of whether any reached circulation at all is genuinely unresolved.
The "Grietje Seel" nickname derives from the engraved female portrait on the note, a Dutch tradition of informal naming that tells you more about public familiarity with the series than any catalog entry can.