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| Issuer | Government of the Netherlands East Indies |
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| Year | 1943 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Purple note with a portrait vignette of Queen Wilhelmina at right, set against fine guilloche underprint. The crowned supported Arms of the Netherlands East Indies appear at left, with bilingual inscriptions in Dutch and Malay framing the central design. |
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| Obverse lettering | NEDERLANDSCH INDIË MUNTBILJET TWEE EN EEN HALVE NEDERLANDSCH INDISCHE GOUVERNEMENTSGULDEN DOEA ROEPIAH LIMA POELOEH SEN WETTIG BETAALMIDDEL 2 1/2 UITGEGEVEN KRACHTENS KONINKLIJK BESLUIT VAN 2 MAART 1943, Nº 1 STBL.D8 AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY. (Translation: Dutch Indies Treasury Note Two and a Half Dutch Indies Government Gulden Legal Tender Issued pursuant to Royal Decree of March 2, 1943, no.1 Stbl.D8 American Bank Note Company) |
| Reverse description | Green note with an elaborate guilloche border and ornamental framework. The large numeral "2½" appears as the central vignette, flanked by two text panels containing the anti-counterfeiting penal code in Dutch and Malay. The imprint of the American Bank Note Company appears at the bottom centre. |
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