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1000 Gulden Coin Note
| Issuer | Nederlandsche Bank |
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| Year | 1849 |
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| Value | 1000 Gulden (1000 NLG) |
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| Obverse lettering | De nominale Waarde in Goud door de NEDERLAND- SCHE BANK overgenomen, ingevolge Art. 3 der WET van den 17den September 1849, Staatsblad No. 46. DUIZEND GULDEN MUNT - BILJET Groot DUIZEND GULDEN. Uitgegeven ingevolge de Wet van den 17 den September 1849, Staatsblad No. 46; zijnde de nominale WAARDE in Goud bij de Nederlandsche Bank overgebragt. Zegge f 1000-- - `s Gravenhage 15 October 1849 Geregistreerd - De Minister van Financien Geregistreerd voor DUIZEND GULDEN WET van 17 September 1849. (Translation: The nominal value in Gold adopted by the Dutch Bank, pursuant to Art. 3 of the Law of September 17th, 1849, Official Gazette No. 46 One Thousand Gulden Coin Note One Thousand Gulden. Issued pursuant to the Law of September 17th, 1849, Official Gazette No. 46; being the nominal VALUE in Gold transferred to the Dutch Bank. Say f 1000-- - `s Gravenhage October 15th, 1849 Registered - The Minister of Finance Registered for One Thousand Gulden Law of September 17th, 1849.) |
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| Protection description | Blind embossed seal applied to the upper-right area of the obverse panel. |
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The 1849-dated 1000 Gulden "muntbiljet" series occupied a peculiar position in Dutch monetary history — these high-denomination coin notes were backed by silver coin reserves held at the Nederlandsche Bank and functioned as a de facto warehouse receipt rather than pure fiduciary paper. The specific printed date of 30 April 1945 places this note in the final days of the German occupation, issued literally as liberation was underway in parts of the Netherlands.
That timing matters. Notes printed in the closing weeks of occupation were subject to post-liberation monetary screening; the Dutch government instituted a currency registration and exchange program beginning in late 1945 that rendered all outstanding banknotes temporarily invalid pending scrutiny. High-value notes like this one drew particular attention from authorities tracking wartime financial flows.