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1/2 Gulden Silver voucher
| Uitgever | Surinaamsche Bank |
|---|---|
| Jaar | 1920 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Beschrijving voorzijde | Brown letterpress on plain paper. The face carries the large central denomination inscription ZILVERBON and GROOT EEN HALVEN GULDEN with the numeral 0.50 in the centre, flanked by ornamental guilloche cornerpieces bearing the value 0.50 at each corner. Series and serial number appear in the upper panel, with two manuscript signatures of the Acting Administrator of Finance and the Acting Governor of Suriname below the text block. The legend WETTIG BETAALMIDDEL runs along the lower portion within a ruled border, and a cautionary anti-counterfeiting notice appears at the foot. |
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| Opschrift voorzijde | SURINAME ZILVERBON GROOT EEN HALVEN GULDEN Wordt ter betaling aangenomen door de Surinaamsche Bank en aan alle Landskantoren. Inwisselbaar in zilver na aankondiging. Geregistreerd, 2 Februari 1920. De wnd. Administrateur van Financiën, De wnd. Gouverneur van Suriname, WETTIG BETAALMIDDEL Namaak of vervalsching is strafbaar met gevangenisstraf van ten hoogste negen jaren. (Translation: SURINAME SILVER VOUCHER HALF GULDEN Is accepted for payment by the Surinaamsche Bank and at all Government offices. Redeemable in silver upon announcement. Registered, 2 February 1920. The Acting Administrator of Finance, The Acting Governor of Suriname, LEGAL TENDER Counterfeiting or falsification is punishable by imprisonment of up to nine years.) |
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The Surinaamsche Bank issued these small-denomination silver vouchers to address a persistent coin shortage in the colony — a problem that plagued Dutch Suriname throughout the early twentieth century as small silver coinage regularly drained out of circulation. The "zilverbons" framing meant the notes were nominally backed by and redeemable for silver, a reassurance aimed at a public that routinely distrusted low-value paper.
Enschedé had been printing for Dutch colonial issuers for generations by this point, and the Haarlem press's work on this series is characteristically tight. The half-gulden denomination made these among the smallest-value circulating notes the bank produced.