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2 1/2 Gulden Coin note
| Issuer | Government of the Netherlands Antilles |
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| Year | 1955-1964 |
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| Value | 21/2 Gulden (2.5 ANG) |
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| Obverse description | Blue on light underprint. Central vignette shows a large vessel in dry dock, surrounded by harbour cranes and additional ships in the background, all rendered in fine intaglio engraving. The denomination numeral 2½ appears in large guilloche medallions at left and right, with serial numbers printed in red at both upper corners. Title inscription NEDERLANDSE ANTILLEN and MUNTBILJET appear at top, with TWEE EN EEN HALVE GULDEN and WETTIG BETAALMIDDEL at the foot. |
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| Obverse lettering | NEDERLANDSE ANTILLEN MUNTBILJET 2 1/2 De Administrateur van Financien De Gouverneur van Curaçao TWEE EN EEN HALVE GULDEN WETTIG BETAALMIDDEL AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY (Translation: Netherlands Antilles Coin Note 2 1/2 The Administrator of Finance The Governor of Curaçao Two and a Half Gulden Legal Tender American Bank Note Company) |
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The Netherlands Antilles government stepped in as issuer here rather than the Centrale Bank, which wasn't established until 1962 — these coin notes bridged an awkward transitional period in the island territories' monetary administration. The 2½ gulden denomination mirrors the Dutch rijksdaalder tradition, a stubbornly persistent unit that survived decimalisation in various forms across both the metropolitan and overseas territories.
ABNC's engraved intaglio work on this series is characteristically tight. The "coin note" designation itself is telling: these were issued explicitly to substitute for metal coinage at a denomination where coin production was impractical during postwar shortages of suitable metals.