5 Gulden

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.