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5 Gulden/Roepiah
| Issuer | De Javasche Bank |
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| Year | 1946 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Violet and red intaglio note with a finely engraved lotus plant vignette at left, the bloom and bud rising above broad lily-pad leaves. The centre carries the bilingual denomination inscriptions in bold letterpress, with two manuscript signatures below, identified by the printed titles SECRETARIS and PRESIDENT. A large guilloche rosette incorporating the numeral 5 occupies the upper right, with a second decorative guilloche medallion at lower right; the date 1946 appears in large figures beneath it. |
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| Reverse description | Printed in violet and green, the reverse is dominated by a large stylised floral or fan-shaped geometric underprint in the centre, with the interlaced monogram 'JB' (De Javasche Bank) superimposed at its apex. The serial number and prefix letters appear twice in the middle field. Four text panels occupy the corners: upper left in Dutch and upper right in Malay set out the legal warnings against counterfeiting, while the lower left panel carries Javanese script and the lower right panel carries Chinese characters, all repeating the anti-forgery statute. Numeral 5 denominators appear at upper right and lower left within guilloche borders. |
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De Javasche Bank had been shuttered and its assets frozen during the Japanese occupation of the Dutch East Indies, and by the time this note was printed in Haarlem in 1946, the political ground had already shifted irreversibly. Indonesia's declaration of independence in August 1945 meant these gulden/roepiah notes entered a territory in open revolt — the dual-currency designation itself reflects the transitional administrative fiction the Dutch were still trying to maintain.
Enschedé's involvement signals a return to prewar production standards after the occupation-era emergency issues, though distribution of this series was patchy at best given the ongoing conflict.