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200 Gulden
| Issuer | Nederlandsche Bank |
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| Year | 1814-1853 |
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| Currency | Gulden (decimalized, 1817-2001) |
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| Obverse description | Printed in red on plain paper with a simple typeset letterpress layout typical of early 19th-century bearer notes. The face carries the full text of the promise-to-pay obligation in Dutch, with the denomination stated in words and figures, flanked by a fine rectangular border. Spaces for manuscript date, serial number, and the handwritten signatures of the President, Directeur, and Secretaris are integral to the design, reflecting the transitional character of notes issued across eight type variants between 1814 and 1860. |
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| Obverse lettering | NEDERLANDSCHE BANK. Ontvangen van Toonder de Somma van Twee Honderd Guldens / om aan Toonder, op vertooning te restituëren. Amsterdam, den 23 Mei 1853. Nederlandsche-Bank President - Directeur - Secretaris Legge f 200. (Translation: Bank of Netherlands. Received from Bearer the sum of Two Hundred Guilders, to be returned to Bearer upon presentation. Amsterdam, 23 May 1853. Bank of Netherlands. President - Director - Secretary 200) |
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The Nederlandsche Bank was founded in 1814 by royal decree of Willem I, and these early high-denomination notes reflect the institution's formative decades — a period when the bank's authority was still being established against entrenched public preference for coin. Enschedé of Haarlem, already over a century old when this note was printed, handled the bank's security printing from the outset and would continue doing so across successive series.
At 200 gulden, this was not a note that changed hands in ordinary trade. The denomination circulated almost exclusively between merchants, notaries, and banking houses in Amsterdam.