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2 1/2 Gulden Muntbiljet
| Issuer | Suriname |
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| Year | 1961-1967 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Reverse lettering | 21/2 SURINAME WETTIG BETAALMIDDEL TWEE EN EEN HALVE GULDEN 2 1/2 (Translation: 21/2 Suriname Legal Tender Two and a half Gulden 2 1/2) |
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| Variants | P#117a - 02.01.1961 P#117b - 02.07.1967 |
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The muntbiljet — literally "coin note" — was a Dutch monetary instrument used when metal coinage was in short supply or impractical to distribute. Suriname's use of the format well into the 1960s reflects the administrative conservatism of a territory still tightly bound to Dutch fiscal practice, even as full independence remained fifteen years away.
Enschedé's Haarlem facility had printed Dutch colonial currency for generations by this point, and the relationship was essentially uninterrupted from the pre-war Netherlands Indies issues through to Surinamese autonomy. P#117 runs from 1961 to 1967 — a span that crosses the 1963 Statute revision that redefined Suriname's relationship with the Kingdom of the Netherlands.