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Play money - Imitatie-bankbiljet - 100 Gulden
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| Type | Fantasy banknote |
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| Obverse description | A schoolroom play-money piece loosely modelled on the De Nederlandsche Bank 100 Gulden 'Erasmus' type of 1953, with a left-profile portrait vignette of a young girl occupying the right field. The background carries an underprint vignette of three girls skipping rope, lending the note its educational character. The lower right corner bears a small heraldic manufacturer's device in lieu of a central bank emblem. |
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| Obverse lettering | IMITATIE-BANKBILJET 100 HONDERD GULDEN ALLEEN VOOR SCHOOLGEBRUIK (Translation: IMITATION BANKNOTE 100 ONE HUNDRED GUILDERS FOR SCHOOL USE ONLY) |
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Dutch play money produced in imitation of the genuine 100 Gulden note. Items like this occupy an awkward legal grey zone in the Netherlands — the Bankwet and associated counterfeiting statutes have historically required that imitation notes differ sufficiently in size, color, or marked wording to avoid prosecution, which is why most legitimate speelgeld carries an "IMITATIE" or similar overprint and is produced at a noticeably reduced scale.
At 170 × 96 mm, this example is close enough to the genuine article to raise questions about compliance with those regulations.