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1 Gulden Silver voucher
| Issuer | Surinaamsche Bank |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Value | 1 Guilder (1 Gulden) (1 SRG) |
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| Obverse description | Brown on uncoloured paper. The face is dominated by the large serif legend 'ZILVERBON' across the centre, above the denomination '1.00' in large numerals, all set within an overall guilloche border pattern with corner value tablets reading '1.00'. The issuer name 'SURINAME' appears at the top within a decorative panel, with the series letter and serial number in red manuscript at upper right. Two manuscript signatures of acting officials appear below the registration date of 2 February 1920, with the legal tender notice at the foot. |
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| Reverse description | Uniface note; the reverse is plain unprinted paper, now heavily aged and toned with fold lines and staining consistent with heavy circulation. |
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The Surinaamsche Bank was established in 1865 with a government-backed monopoly on note issuance in the Dutch colony, and this silver voucher designation reflects a genuine obligation — the bank was required to maintain a silver reserve against circulating paper, a condition that grew increasingly difficult to honor during the monetary disruptions following the First World War. The "zilverbon" framing was not decorative; it was a legal commitment to redemption in silver coin.
Enschedé of Haarlem had been printing for Dutch colonial authorities since the eighteenth century, and their production quality for this series is consistently high. P#99 is scarcer in used grades than the higher denominations of the same issue.