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1 Gulden Silver voucher
| Issuer | Surinaamsche Bank |
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| Year | 1940-1947 |
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| Size | 153 × 73 mm |
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| Obverse description | Gray-blue intaglio-printed note with a fine guilloche border frame. At left, an engraved vignette of a helmeted allegorical female figure in three-quarter portrait, wearing a jewelled crown and armour. The denomination '1.-' appears twice in bold type flanking the central text block, with the series letter and serial numbers in blue above. Two manuscript signatures appear at the lower margin, attributed to the Administrator of Finance at left and the Governor of Suriname at right. |
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| Obverse lettering | SURINAME ZILVERBON GROOT EEN GULDEN WORDT TER BETALING AANGENOMEN DOOR DE SURINAAMSCHE BANK EN AAN ALLE LANDSKASSEN. INWISSELBAAR IN ZILVER NA AANKONDIGING. GEREGISTREERD: PARAMARIBO, 30 APRIL 1942. AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY. DE ADMINISTRATEUR VAN FINANCIEN. DE GOUVERNEUR VAN SURINAME. (Translation: Suriname Silver Voucher One Gulden. Is accepted in payment by the Surinaamsche Bank and at all government treasuries. Redeemable in silver after announcement. Registered: Paramaribo, 30 April 1942. American Bank Note Company. The Administrator of Finance. The Governor of Suriname.) |
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The Surinaamsche Bank turned to the American Bank Note Company during the war years because the Netherlands — the normal locus of colonial financial administration — was under German occupation from May 1940. With De Nederlandsche Bank effectively inaccessible, Suriname's issuing authority had little choice but to source its currency printing from New York, a practical arrangement that outlasted the occupation itself, with this series running through 1947.
The "silver voucher" designation reflects a nominal convertibility promise that carried decreasing practical weight as wartime conditions made specie reserves difficult to maintain or verify.