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| Emittent | Curaçaosche Bank |
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| Jahr | 1879-1914 |
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| Nennwert | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Währung | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Material | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Größe | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Form | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Druckerei | Johan Enschedé en Zonen (Koninklijke Joh. Enschedé), Haarlem, Netherlands (1703-date) |
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| Stecher | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Im Umlauf bis | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Referenz(en) | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Vorderseitenbeschreibung | Black letterpress on blue guilloche underprint, enclosed within an elaborate ornate typographic border with repeating decorative elements. The text is arranged in multiple registers, with the bank name and denomination set in bold type; the note carries a printed or manuscript date of 1879 and bears the printer's imprint "J. E. & Z." Redeemed examples are additionally struck with a blue handstamp reading "zonder waarde" (without value). |
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| Vorderseitenlegende | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Rückseitenbeschreibung | Uniface note; the reverse is unprinted plain paper, with faint show-through of the obverse guilloche underprint, typographic border, and denomination text visible as a mirror impression on the otherwise blank verso. |
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| Unterschrift(en) | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Sicherheitsmerkmal | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Beschreibung der Sicherheitsmerkmale | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
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| Anmerkungen |
The Curaçaosche Bank was established in 1828, making it one of the oldest chartered banks in the Caribbean, and it held a near-monopoly on note issuance across the Dutch Antilles for most of the nineteenth century. The 50 Gulden was the highest denomination in the early series — a significant sum given the island's trade-dependent economy — and would have moved primarily between merchants and the colonial administration rather than through ordinary retail exchange.
Enschedé in Haarlem had been printing currency and official documents since the early eighteenth century, and their production quality for this issue was consistent with their broader colonial contract work. The long issue window spanning 1879 to 1914 suggests either slow circulation at this denomination or periodic reissue from standing stock without redesign.