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2 1/2 Gulden Silver voucher
| Issuer | Surinaamsche Bank |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Size | 130 × 73 mm |
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| Obverse lettering | ZILVERBON - SURINAME GROOT TWEE EN EEN HALVE GULDEN Wordt ter betaling aangenomen door de Surinaamsche Bank en aan alle landskassen. Inwisselbaar in zilver na aankondiging. Paramaribo, 1 Augustus 1920. De Administrateur van Financiën: De Gouverneur van Suriname: WETTIG BETAALBAAR (Translation: Silver Voucher - Suriname Big Two and a Half Gulden Is accepted for payment by the Surinaamsche Bank and at all national treasuries. Redeemable in silver upon announcement. Paramaribo, August 1, 1920. The Administrator of Finance: The Governor of Suriname: Legal Tender) |
| Reverse description | Printed entirely in green, the reverse centres on a large guilloche medallion enclosing the bold numeral 2.50, encircled by the legend ZILVERBON-SURINAME. Horizontal wavy guilloche bands fill the upper field, and elaborate lozenge-shaped cornerpieces carrying the denomination 2.50 occupy each corner. A rectangular panel at the foot of the note contains the anti-counterfeiting warning text in Dutch. |
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The Surinaamsche Bank issued silver vouchers — zilverbonnen — as a practical workaround during and after the First World War, when coin shortages made fractional silver circulation impossible. These notes circulated as direct substitutes for silver coinage, theoretically redeemable in specie, though in practice the redeemption mechanism was rarely exercised. The 2½ gulden denomination mirrors the Dutch rijksdaalder, the traditional coin it was standing in for.
P#103 is among the scarcer denominations from this series; the smaller fractional zilverbonnen saw far heavier circulation and survive less frequently in collectable condition, while the 2½ gulden tended to be treated more like a banknote and put away.