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2 1/2 Gulden Muntbiljet
| Issuer | Gouvernement van Curaçao |
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| Year | 1942 |
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| Value | 21/2 Gulden (2.5 ANG) |
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| Obverse description | Printed in blue on white paper, the obverse carries a central vignette of a Curaçao harbour scene, with the denomination numerals 2 1/2 flanking the vignette at left and right. The title CURAÇAO MUNTBILJET appears at the top, with the full verbal denomination TWEE EN EEN HALVE GULDEN and the legend WETTIG BETAALMIDDEL below, along with the signatures of the Administrator of Finance and the Governor of Curaçao. The printer's imprint of the American Bank Note Company appears at the lower margin. |
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| Obverse lettering | CURAÇAO MUNTBILJET (Serial number left and right) 2 1/2 De Administrateur van Financien De Gouverneur van Curaçao TWEE EN EEN HALVE GULDEN WETTIG BETAALMIDDEL AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY (Translation: Curaçao Coin Note 2 1/2 The Administrator of Finance The Governor of Curaçao Two and a Half Gulden Legal Tender American Bank Note Company) |
| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in blue and centres on the coat of arms of the Netherlands, flanked by the denomination numerals 2 1/2 at left and right. The text of the relevant article of the Curaçao Penal Code dealing with counterfeiting is printed in full, dated 1942, with the verbal denomination TWEE EN EEN HALVE GULDEN and WETTIG BETAALMIDDEL. Notably, the Dutch text employs diacritic dots on the capital letters I and J, a typographic usage not standard in Dutch orthography for uppercase characters. |
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