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5 Gulden
| Issuer | De Surinaamsche Bank |
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| Year | 1942 |
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| Value | 5 Guilders (5 Gulden) (5 SRG) |
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| Obverse description | Blue on multicolour underprint. A vignette of the Government Palace in Paramaribo occupies the centre of the note, surrounded by guilloche patterning. The printed date 1 September 1942 appears within the text, with the denomination numeral 5 repeated at left and right. |
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| Reverse lettering | JUSTITIA – PIETAS – FIDES 5 5 AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY |
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When the Netherlands fell to Germany in May 1940, Suriname's financial administration was effectively cut off from Amsterdam. De Surinaamsche Bank, unable to rely on Dutch printers, turned to the American Bank Note Company in New York — the same firm already producing currency for several Latin American republics and familiar with tropical-climate paper specifications.
The 1942 series was a direct consequence of that severance, not a routine reprint. ABNC plates from this period are generally well-executed, and the Surinamese wartime issues are no exception technically.
Pick 88 is the 5 Gulden denomination from this emergency-driven series, one of several values produced by ABNC for Suriname during the occupation years.