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500 Gulden - Wilhelmina
| Issuer | Nederlandsch-Indische Gouvernement (Netherlands Indies Government) |
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| Year | 1943 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Reverse description | Green note with a central vignette composed of three martial and naval motifs: an aviator with aircraft, a soldier, and a naval vessel. Anti-counterfeiting penal code text is printed in two columns, in Dutch at left and Bahasa Indonesia at right, flanking the central imagery. |
| Reverse lettering | NEDERLANDSCH INDIË Het namaken of vervalschen van Muntbiljeten, het opzettelijk uitgeven, in voorraad hebben of binnen Nederlandsch-Indië invoeren van valsche of vervalschte Muntbiljeten, is bij de Artikelen 244, 245 en 249 wetboek van strafrecht strafbaar gesteld. Didalam fatsal 244, 245 dan 249 dari kitab oendang oen dang hoekoeman ditetapkan hoekoeman oentoek jang meniroe atau memalsoekan oewang kertas dan oentoek jang mengloearkan denga sengadja, menjimpam atau memasoekkan oewang kertas lantjoeng atau jang didjadikan lantjoeng ke Hindia-be-Landa. (Translation: Netherlands Indie The counterfeiting of currency notes, the intentional issuing, stockpiling or importing of counterfeit currency notes within the Dutch East Indies is punishable by Articles 244, 245 and 249 of the Criminal Code.) |
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This note was produced in New York as part of the exile printing program organized after the Japanese occupation of the Dutch East Indies began in early 1942. With the colonial administration operating from Australia and the Netherlands itself under German occupation, the American Bank Note Company became the practical option for maintaining a functioning currency supply — however theoretical that function was while the islands remained under Japanese control.
The 500 Gulden denomination made it one of the highest-value instruments in the series, and its utility in an occupied territory was essentially nil until liberation. Many were held in reserve and released into circulation only after 1945, which complicates any assessment of genuine wear patterns on surviving examples.