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1 Gulden
| Issuer | Curaçao (Netherlands Antilles) |
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| Year | 1827 |
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| Shape | Rectangular (hand cut) |
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| Obverse description | Uniface letterpress note printed in brown and black on plain paper stock, with the text field enclosed within a continuous decorative border composed of a band of musical notes attributed to J.M. Fleischman. The central text block carries the denomination and payment obligation in Dutch, arranged in a typographic layout typical of early colonial emergency currency. The note includes provision for manuscript or printed signature varieties within the body of the text. |
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| Obverse lettering | CURAÇAO Goed voor f 1 Een Gulden Betaalbaar op vertoon aan Toonder bij Goed voor EEN GULDEN in Specie. Zegge f 1 Curaçao 1827. (Translation: Curaçao Good for f 1 One Gulden. Payable on presentation to bearer Good for One Gulden in Specie. Say f 1 Curaçao 1827.) |
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The 1827 Curaçao gulden is among the earliest paper money issues traceable to the Dutch Caribbean. At the time, Curaçao operated under a restored Dutch colonial administration — Britain had returned the island in 1816 after occupying it during the Napoleonic period — and the local economy relied heavily on trade credit and specie, making paper instruments both practical and contentious.
Plomp catalogues this as PLNA1.2, suggesting at least a second variant within the earliest known series, though surviving examples are extremely rare and documentation on the original issuing authority remains fragmentary.