Catalog
5 Gulden
| Issuer | De Curaçaosche Bank |
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| Year | 1954-1960 |
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| Size | 155 × 66 mm |
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| Obverse lettering | DE CURAÇAOSCHE BANK VIJF GULDEN WILLEMSTAD - CURAÇAO DE SECRETARIS DE VOORZITTER JOH. ENSCHEDÉ EN ZONEN (Translation: The Curaçao Bank Five Gulden Willemstad - Curaçao Secretary President Joh. Enschedé and Sons) |
| Reverse description | Blue note with the crowned Royal Arms of the Netherlands Antilles at center, supported by two rampant lions above the motto ribbon, set against a fine multicolour guilloche rosette underprint in blue and salmon-orange. The denomination numeral '5' appears in large format within ornate cartouches at both left and right margins. The date '25 NOVEMBER 1954' is printed at upper left and lower right, with the serial number in red at upper right and lower left. |
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De Curaçaosche Bank served as the central bank for the Netherlands Antilles from 1828 until its eventual replacement by the Bank van de Nederlandse Antillen in 1962. This note falls within the final years of that institution's operation, issued during a period when Curaçao's economy was heavily tied to Shell's enormous Isla refinery — at the time one of the largest oil refineries in the world — making the local currency's stability unusually dependent on a single industrial operation.
Joh. Enschedé en Zonen had printed Netherlands Antillean currency for decades by this point, and the quality of intaglio work on the P#38 series reflects that long relationship. The date range spans six years, meaning individual notes can be found with handwritten or stamped issue dates across that window.