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1 Dollar Muntbiljet
| Issuer | Ministry of Finance, Suriname |
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| Year | 2004 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Reverse description | Printed entirely in green, the reverse is dominated by an intricate guilloche ornamental pattern composed of repeating rosette vignettes arranged in a rectangular grid, interspersed with fine horizontal lathe-work bands. A large white numeral "1" is set against the guilloche field at centre-right. The country name "SURINAME" and the legal tender inscription "WETTIG BETAALMIDDEL" appear in bold serif lettering at upper right, with the printer's imprint "JOH. ENSCHEDÉ BANKNOTES" at the lower margin. |
| Reverse lettering | 1 SURINAME WETTIG BETAALMIDDEL EEN DOLLAR 1 JOH. ENSCHEDÉ BANKNOTES SURINAAMS WETBOEK VAN STRAFRECHT-ARTIKEL 260. HIJ DIE MUNTSPECIËN OF MUNT- OF BANKBILJETTEN NAMAAKT OF VERVALST, MET HET OOGMERK OM DIE MUNTSPECIËN OF MUNT- OF BANKBILJETTEN ALS ECHT EN ONVERVALST UIT TE GEVEN OF TE DOEN UITGEVEN, WORDT GESTRAFT MET GEVANGENISSTRAF VAN TEN HOOGSTE NEGEN JAREN. ARTIKEL 519. HIJ DIE DRUKWERKEN OF STUKKEN METAAL IN EEN VORM DIE ZE OP MUNT- OF BANKBILJETTEN, OP MUNTSPECIËN, OF VAN STAATSMERKEN VOORZIENE GOUDEN OF ZILVEREN WERKEN OF OP POSTZEGELS DOET GELIJKEN, VERVAARDIGT, VERSPREIDT OF TER VERSPREIDING IN VOORRAAD HEEFT, WORDT GESTRAFT MET EEN GELDBOETE OVEREENKOMSTIG CATEGORIE I VAN DE ALGEMENE GELDBOETEWET (S.B. 2002 NO. 73) DE VOORWERPEN WAARMEDE DE OVERTREDING PLAATS HEEFT, KUNNEN WORDEN VERBEURD VERKLAARD. (Translation: 1 Suriname Legal Tender One Dollar 1 Joh. Enschedé Banknotes) |
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Suriname redenominated its currency in January 2004, replacing the Surinamese guilder at a rate of 1,000 to 1 — the new dollar was born out of decades of inflation that had rendered low-denomination guilder notes effectively worthless. This 1 Dollar Muntbiljet ("coin note") occupies an odd conceptual space: a paper note issued specifically to substitute for a coin that didn't yet exist in sufficient quantity.
Enschedé has printed Surinamese currency since the colonial period, a relationship that survived independence in 1975 and continued into the redenomination series.