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1 Gulden
| Issuer | Curaçaosche Bank |
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| Year | 1892 |
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| Reference(s) | P#53 |
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| Obverse lettering | CURAÇAO. 1892 Goed voor EEN GULDEN Curaçaosche Bank betaalbaar op vertoon aan Toonder bij de directie van de Bank te Curaçao Goed voor EEN GULDEN in specie. Hamilton Bank Note Co. New York |
| Reverse description | The reverse is essentially unprinted, presenting a plain pale paper surface with fold lines and two handwritten manuscript signatures arranged vertically near the centre, consistent with hand-endorsement practice on early Caribbean bearer notes. |
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The Curaçaosche Bank was established in 1828, making it one of the oldest colonial banks in the Caribbean, and by the time this 1892 note was issued it had been managing Curaçao's currency needs through decades of fluctuating trade and Dutch colonial fiscal policy. Hamilton Bank Note Company, a New York firm that competed aggressively with the dominant American Bank Note Company throughout the late nineteenth century, handled the printing — an unusual choice for a Dutch colonial institution that might otherwise have gone to a European house.
P#53 is among the earliest surviving Curaçaosche Bank issues and genuinely rare at any grade. The 1892 series predates the significant monetary reforms that followed the island's economic restructuring in the early twentieth century.