Catalog
5 Gulden
| Issuer | Government of Nederlandsch Oost-Indien |
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| Year | 1815 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | The note is printed in brown ink on plain paper and enclosed within a rectangular border composed of fine ornamental rule work. The upper portion bears the Dutch text inscription identifying the issuer and denomination, below which three lines of Javanese script in Arabic (Pegon) characters appear in the central field. A small decorative rosette separates the text blocks. The lower margin carries the inscription INDIA OLLAND within a plain rectangular panel. |
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| Obverse lettering | NEDERLANDSCH OOST-INDIEN. Goed voor VYF Gulden. Creatie No. 1815. اندیا النر اد قون سوره این کناپ لبم گلدن * کجدنین ڤن قاهن ١٨١٥ INDIA OLLAND. |
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The Government of Nederlandsch Oost-Indien issued this note during a particularly awkward transitional moment: the Dutch East Indies had been under British administration from 1811 to 1816 following Napoleon's dissolution of the Batavian Republic, and 1815 falls squarely within that interregnum. Notes bearing colonial Dutch authority during British occupation represent a legal and administrative tangle that has never been fully resolved in the scholarly literature.
Pick lists only two notes for this issuer, making the series exceptionally sparse. Surviving examples from 1815 are rarely encountered outside specialist auctions.