Catalog
500 Gulden
| Issuer | Centrale Bank van Suriname |
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| Year | 1982 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Reverse description | Brown and multicolour. The central vignette presents an intaglio view of the Presidential Palace of the Republic of Suriname, a two-storey neoclassical building with an arcaded ground floor and a flagpole above the pediment, set within a fine guilloche border. Large denomination numerals "500" appear in orange at left and in watermark-style at right, flanking the architectural vignette, while the serial number is printed in black at upper left and lower right. |
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| Protection description | Parrot's head |
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The Centrale Bank van Suriname was established in 1957, three years after Suriname gained autonomy within the Kingdom of the Netherlands, and Enschedé in Haarlem had been the default printer for Dutch colonial and post-colonial currency in the region for decades — a relationship that continued well after independence in 1975. By 1982, Suriname was under military rule following Dési Bouterse's coup of February 1980, and the economic disruption of that period drove demand for higher-denomination notes.
P#129 carries only a watermark as its primary security feature, relatively modest for a 500-gulden denomination at that date.