Catalog
5 Gulden
| Issuer | De Surinaamsche Bank |
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| Year | 1935-1940 |
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| Currency | Guilder (1826-2003) |
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| Obverse lettering | DE SURINAAMSCHE BANK TE PARAMARIBO BETAALT AAN TOONDER VIJF GULDEN 1 OCTOBER 1935 5 JOH. ENSCHEDE EN ZONEN (Translation: The Suriname Bank In Paramaribo Pay to bearer Five Gulden October 1st., 1935 5 Joh. Enschedé and Sons) |
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| Reverse lettering | 5 5 |
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De Surinaamsche Bank was a private commercial bank granted the exclusive right to issue banknotes in Suriname — then Dutch Guiana — a privilege it held for well over a century. Joh. Enschedé en Zonen, the Haarlem security printer with roots going back to 1703, produced the entire series, and their craftsmanship at this period was among the finest in European banknote production.
The 1935–1940 date range reflects a span of authorized issue rather than a single print run. Individual notes within P#85 can often be more precisely dated by manuscript or stamped dates, which Enschedé left partly completed on some printings in this series.