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50 Gulden
| Issuer | Government of the Netherlands East Indies |
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| Year | 1943 |
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| Currency | Gulden (decimalized, 1854-1948) |
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| Obverse description | Green intaglio-printed note with a portrait vignette of Queen Wilhelmina at right and the crowned supported Arms of the Netherlands East Indies at left. The denomination is expressed both in Dutch (VIJFTIG NEDERLANDSCH INDISCHE GOUVERNEMENTSGULDEN) and Malay (LIMA POELOEH ROEPIAH) across the face. Guilloche underprint patterns frame the central field, with the imprint of the American Bank Note Company at the lower margin. |
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| Reverse lettering | NEDERLANDSCH INDIË Het namaken of vervalschen van Muntbiljeten, het opzettelijk uitgeven, in voorraad hebben of binnen Nederlandsch-Indië invoeren van valsche of vervalschte Muntbiljeten, is bij de Artikelen 244, 245 en 249 wetboek van strafrecht strafbaar gesteld. Didalam fatsal 244, 245 dan 249 dari kitab oendang oen dang hoekoeman ditetapkan hoekoeman oentoek jang meniroe atau memalsoekan oewang kertas dan oentoek jang mengloearkan denga sengadja, menjimpam atau memasoekkan oewang kertas lantjoeng atau jang didjadikan lantjoeng ke Hindia-be-Landa. (Translation: Netherlands Indie The counterfeiting of currency notes, the intentional issuing, stockpiling or importing of counterfeit currency notes within the Dutch East Indies is punishable by Articles 244, 245 and 249 of the Criminal Code.) |
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Printed in New York under wartime emergency conditions after the Japanese occupation of the Dutch East Indies in early 1942 effectively cut off the colonial administration from its territory. The Netherlands government-in-exile — operating from London — coordinated with the American Bank Note Company to produce a series of notes intended for reintroduction once the islands were liberated. This 50 Gulden was part of that program.
Liberation came too late for an orderly reissue. By the time the war ended in 1945, Indonesian nationalist forces had declared independence, and the Dutch were in no position to restore colonial currency on their own terms. Many of the ABNC-printed notes circulated only briefly, or not at all, before the entire monetary question was overtaken by political events far larger than any single denomination.