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1/2 Gulden
| Issuer | Curaçao (Netherlands Antilles) |
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| Year | 1827 |
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| Value | 1/2 Gulden (1/2 ANG) |
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| Obverse description | Uniface note printed in brown and black on plain paper, with a decorative border composed of musical notes, attributed to J.M. Fleischman. The text, arranged in multiple lines across the face, states the denomination and payability clause in Dutch, with handwritten manuscript signatures applied directly to the note. The overall layout is typographic with no vignette, relying entirely on the ornamental border and letterpress text for its design. |
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| Obverse lettering | CURAÇAO Goed voor f 1/2 Een halve Gulden Betaalbaar op vertoon aan Toonder bij Goed voor EEN HALVE GULDEN in Specie. Zegge f 1/2 Curaçao 1827. (Translation: Curaçao Good for f 1/2 One Half Gulden. Payable on presentation to bearer Good for One Half Gulden in Specie. Say f 1/2 Curaçao 1827.) |
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Among the earliest paper currency issued for the Dutch Caribbean, this half-gulden predates the formal Netherlands Antilles monetary framework by well over a century. Curaçao's colonial administration resorted to locally produced paper instruments throughout the early nineteenth century largely because coin shortages were chronic — the island's entrepôt economy constantly bled specie outward through trade.
Plomp's PLNA1.1 designation places this at the very opening of the documented series, which alone accounts for its rarity. Few examples are recorded.