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40 Gulden
| Issuer | De Nederlandsche Bank |
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| Year | 1914 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Green on pale green underprint, the face is framed by an elaborate floral and scrollwork guilloche border with ornamental corner pieces. The issuer's name appears at the top in letterpress, followed by the bearer clause and the large intaglio denomination "VEERTIG GULDEN" at centre. The issue date "Amsterdam, 1 Augustus 1914" is printed below, with the vertical red overprint "UITGIFTE 1 Augustus 1914" repeated on both lateral margins. Two manuscript signatures of the Secretary and the President appear at the foot of the note. |
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| Obverse lettering | DE NEDERLANDSCHE BANK betaalt aan Toonder VEERTIG GULDEN Amsterdam, 1 Augustus 1914. UITGIFTE 1 Augustus 1914. (Translation: Bank of Netherlands Pay to the Bearer Forty Gulden Amsterdam, August 1, 1914. Issued in August 1, 1914.) |
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Pick 30 was issued under the authority granted by the 1814 bank charter and remained part of De Nederlandsche Bank's portfolio for decades, but the April 1945 print date places this specific note in an extraordinary position: it was produced in the final week before Germany's surrender in the Netherlands, during a period when the Dutch economy had been gutted by the Hongerwinter and the banking system was operating under severe occupation constraints.
Notes printed this late were almost certainly never released into general circulation. The liberation came on 5 May 1945, and postwar currency reforms followed quickly enough that stocks of older Gulden notes were largely withdrawn and destroyed rather than distributed.