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500 Gulden
| Issuer | De Javasche Bank / Nieuw-Guinea |
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| Year | 1950 |
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| Value | 500 Gulden |
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| Obverse description | Brown-toned note with a circular vignette at left containing a portrait of Queen Juliana of the Netherlands facing three-quarters right, surrounded by fine guilloche underprint. At right, an intaglio vignette of a bird of paradise. The central field carries the bold denomination numerals '500' and the inscriptions 'NIEUW-GUINEA' and 'VIJFHONDERD GULDEN' in large serif lettering. The lower border bears the legend 'WETTIG BETAALMIDDEL' and the date '2 JANUARI 1950', with the printer's imprint of Joh. Enschedé en Zonen Haarlem at the lower right. |
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| Variants | P#10a - issued note P#10s - Specimen |
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De Javasche Bank was the Netherlands East Indies' central bank, but by the time this note was printed, the political ground had already shifted. Indonesia declared independence in 1945, and the bank's role on the main archipelago was effectively terminated by the early 1950s. This 500 Gulden was issued specifically for Nieuw-Guinea — the western half of New Guinea, which the Netherlands retained after transferring sovereignty over the rest of the former colony in 1949, a territorial carve-out that would remain contested until 1962.
Enschedé's involvement guaranteed competent intaglio work, but the series was short-lived. The currency was rendered obsolete when the Netherlands ultimately ceded the territory to UN administration.