500 Gulden

Issuer	Nederlandsche Bank
Year	1814-1836
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Obverse description	Printed in red on plain paper, the note bears the full text of a bearer obligation in letterpress, with the denomination value either handwritten or typeset depending on the issue type. Four distinct typographic variants were produced across the 1814–1836 period. The layout is text-based with no pictorial vignette, framed by a simple typographic border, with the issuing date, denomination, and bank title as the principal elements.
Obverse lettering	NEDERLANDSCHE BANK. Ontvangen van Toonder de Somma van VYJF HONDERD Guldens / om aan Toonder, op vertooning te restituëren. Amsterdam, den 23 Julij 1818. Nederlandsche-Bank President - Directeur - Secretaris II. Vijf Honderd Guldens. (Translation: Bank of Netherlands. Received from Bearer the Sum of Five Hundred Guilders, to be returned to Bearer upon presentation. Amsterdam, 23 July 1818. Bank of Netherlands. President - Director - Secretary. Five Hundred Gulden.)
Reverse description	The reverse is unprinted and carries multiple layers of manuscript annotations, handwritten endorsements, and ink signatures applied across the face over the note's circulation history. Cancellation marks and additional notations in various inks — including red — are visible, consistent with the administrative transfer and redemption practices of early nineteenth-century Dutch banking.
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