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1 Gulden
| Issuer | Government of Netherlands East Indies |
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| Year | 1815 |
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| Value | 1 Gulden |
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| Obverse description | Plain typeset note with a decorative rectangular border composed of repeated ornamental units. The central text is arranged in multiple scripts — Dutch at the top and centre, Javanese and Arabic scripts in the middle register — with handwritten manuscript entries for the series designation and date. A circular red wax or ink official seal bearing a crowned monogram appears at lower left, accompanied by two manuscript signatures and a red rectangular control stamp at right. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is unprinted and shows the obverse impression bleeding through the thin paper, with fold lines, foxing, and staining visible across the surface; the decorative border of the obverse is faintly discernible in mirror image, and no intentional design elements are present on this side. |
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The Netherlands East Indies P#1 is among the earliest colonial paper issues for the region, appearing at a moment when the Dutch had just recovered their colonial possessions from British administration following the 1814 Convention of London. The VOC was long dissolved, and the new colonial government was finding its footing — this 1 Gulden note was part of an expedient attempt to create a functioning local currency where hard coin was chronically scarce.
Documentation on the printer and exact issuance details remains sparse. Surviving examples are genuinely rare, and the 1815 date places every known specimen at over two centuries old.