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2 1/2 Gulden Silver Voucher
| Issuer | Ministry of Finance, Netherlands |
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| Year | 1938 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Dark blue note with a dense guilloche border framing a central white rectangular panel; the large numeral '2.50' appears as a pale underprint across the centre of the panel, overlaid by the bold title 'ZILVERBON' and the denomination legend 'TWEE EN EEN HALVE GULDEN' in letterpress. The series letter and serial number are set in the upper margin, with two manuscript facsimile signatures of the Agent of the Ministry of Finance and the Minister of Finance above the printer's imprint at the foot. |
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| Obverse lettering | WETTIG BETAALMIDDEL - KONINKRIJK DER NEDERLANDEN ZILVERBON Groot TWEE EN EEN HALVE GULDEN Wordt ter betaling aangenomen door De Nederlandsche Bank en aan alle Rijkskantoren. Inwisselbaar in zilver na aankondiging. Geregistreerd - 1 October 1938 De Agent van het Ministerie van Financiën De Minister van Financiën De Bussy Amsterdam IMP (Translation: Legal Tender - Kingdom of the Netherlands Silver Voucher Two and a Half Gulden Accepted for payment by the Dutch Bank and all government offices. Redeemable in silver after announcement. Registered - 1 October 1938 The Agent of the Ministry of Finance The Minister of Finance De Bussy Amsterdam Imp) |
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The Dutch zilverbonnen — silver vouchers — were a distinct instrument from regular banknotes, technically representing a claim on silver coin held in reserve rather than a central bank liability. By 1938, that distinction was largely theoretical; the silver backing had long been diluted by fiscal reality, but the legal fiction was maintained to sidestep restrictions on note issuance that applied to De Nederlandsche Bank.
De Bussy was primarily a commercial printer, not a specialist security press, which is worth noting when examining the relatively modest anti-counterfeiting provision on this series. The watermark carries most of the burden.