| Descripción del anverso |
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. |
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| Descripción del reverso |
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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The Nederlandsche Bank was chartered in 1814 under Willem I, and its earliest issues — including this 500 Gulden — were printed by Enschedé in Haarlem, a firm that had been producing securities and official documents since the early eighteenth century. At 500 Gulden, this was not a note that passed through ordinary hands; it circulated almost exclusively between merchants, notaries, and the bank itself.
Survival rate for this series is extremely low. The Dutch public of the 1810s and 1820s retained deep reservations about paper money, and high-denomination notes of this period were typically redeemed quickly rather than held.