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2 1/2 Gulden Silver voucher
| Issuer | Surinaamsche Bank |
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| Year | 1918 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | SURINAME SERIE ZILVERBON GROOT TWEE EN EEN HALVEN GULDEN Wordt ter betaling aangenomen door de Surinaamsche Bank en aan alle Landskantoren. Inwisselbaar in zilver na aankondiging. Geregistreerd, 12 April 1918. De wnd. Administrateur van Financiën, De Gouverneur van Suriname, WETTIG BETAALMIDDEL Namaak of vervalsching is strafbaar met gevangenisstraf van ten hoogste negen jaren. (Translation: SURINAME / SERIES / SILVER VOUCHER / TWO AND A HALF GUILDERS / Is accepted for payment by the Surinaamsche Bank and at all government offices. / Redeemable in silver upon announcement. / Registered, 12 April 1918. / The Acting Administrator of Finance, / The Governor of Suriname, / LEGAL TENDER / Counterfeiting or falsification is punishable by imprisonment of up to nine years.) |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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The "zilverbonnen" — silver vouchers — were issued by De Surinaamsche Bank as a direct response to the near-total disappearance of silver coin from circulation during the First World War. Hoarding and export drained the colony's specie, and paper substitutes denominated in silver value were the practical fix. The 2½ gulden denomination was a deliberate match to the existing silver coin of the same value, which helped public acceptance in a market deeply resistant to paper.
Enschedé had printed for the Surinaamsche Bank since the nineteenth century, and their Haarlem facility provided the watermarked stock.