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40 Gulden Spare Note
| Issuer | De Nederlandsche Bank |
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| Year | 1914 |
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| Printer | De Bussy, Amsterdam, Netherlands |
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| Obverse description | Olive-green note with an intricate guilloche border framing the entire face. The left panel carries the numeral '40' within an ornate vertical cartouche flanked by fine lathe-work rosettes and the interlaced 'NBA' monogram at top and bottom. The central field bears the issuer's name 'DE NEDERLANDSCHE BANK' in large arched serif capitals above the bearer clause 'betaalt aan Toonder' and the bold denomination 'VEERTIG GULDEN' in shadowed block letters. The date 'Amsterdam, 1 October 1914' and signature lines for De Secretaris and De President appear in the lower centre, with two five-pointed star perforations cancelling the signature area. |
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| Reverse description | Olive-green note with a dense all-over guilloche underprint. The border is composed of repeating engine-turned rosette and tulip-head motifs in dark olive ink, enclosing an inner frame of fine lathe-work. A large symmetrical guilloche medallion occupies the centre of the field, above which the denomination 'VEERTIG' and below which 'GULDEN' are printed in bold green letters. The series letter 'B' and serial number appear in the lower portion, flanked by two five-pointed star perforations. Columns of small-print anti-counterfeiting legal text in Dutch run vertically along both side margins. |
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| Protection description | Two five-pointed star-shaped perforations through the note, positioned on either side of the central denomination field on both obverse and reverse, serving as a cancellation device |
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