500 Gulden

The Centrale Bank van Suriname leaned heavily on Thomas De La Rue throughout the 1980s, a period when Suriname's economy was under severe strain following the 1982 military decrees that froze Dutch development aid after the December Murders — the execution of fifteen political opponents by the Bouterse regime. The 500 Gulden was the highest denomination in regular circulation during this stretch, and the gap between its face value and purchasing power widened considerably as inflation eroded the gulden through the late 1980s.

Watermarking alone as the primary security feature reflects the relatively modest production specification De La Rue was contracted to meet for this series.