Catalog
5 Gulden
| Issuer | De Surinaamsche Bank |
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| Year | 1869-1933 |
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| Size | 156 × 103 mm |
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| Obverse lettering | DE SURINAAMSCHE BANK te Paramaribo betaald aan Tonder VIJF GULDEN in gangbare specie iederen werkdag van negen tot één uur. Paramaribo, 30 Maart 1932 Uitgev. bij Joh. Enschedé & Zonen Perforated: WAARDELOOS (Worthless) (Translation: The Suriname Bank In Paramaribo Pay to bearer Five Gulden in common specie every working day from nine to one o'clock. Paramaribo, March 30, 1932 Printed by Joh. Enschedé & Sons Perforated: WAARDELOOS (Worthless)) |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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De Surinaamsche Bank was established in 1865 as a private institution with a government concession to issue banknotes — one of the older colonial issuing arrangements in the Dutch Caribbean sphere. Joh. Enschedé en Zonen, the Haarlem security printer with roots going back to 1703, handled the printing throughout this remarkably long series span, which stretched across more than six decades and multiple political and economic upheavals in the colony.
A watermark as the sole mechanical security feature was already conservative by the later years of this issue's life. Worth noting when authenticating late-period examples.