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2 1/2 Gulden Silver voucher
| Issuer | Suriname |
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| Year | 1955 |
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| Value | 2 1/2 Guilders (2 1/2 Gulden) (2.50 SRG) |
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| Obverse description | Red-brown on orange underprint. A vignette of Mercury's bust appears to the left, rendered in intaglio. The order number is printed in black with two letters, and the face bears the full statutory inscription in Dutch detailing the legal authority for issue and the registration date of 1 July 1955. |
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| Obverse lettering | SURINAME ZILVERBON TWE EN EEN HALVE GULDEN UITGEGEVEN KRACHTENS LANDSVERORDENING VAN 21 MEI 1940 (G. B. No.55), GEWIJZIGD BIJ LANDSVERORDENING VAN 19 MEI 1941 (G. B. No.49) GEREGISTREERD: PARAMARIBO, 1 JULI 1955. (Translation: Suriname Silver Voucher Two and a Half Gulden Issued under country regulation of May 21, 1940 (G.B. No.55), amended by country ordinance of May 19, 1941 (G.B. No.49) Registered: Paramaribo, July 1st., 1955.) |
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The "Silver voucher" designation — zilverbonnen in Dutch — reflects a specific monetary arrangement under which these notes were backed by silver held in the Netherlands rather than functioning as conventional central bank currency. Suriname was still a constituent territory of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in 1955, and its currency architecture remained tightly bound to The Hague.
Enschedé's Haarlem presses had handled Dutch colonial and territorial paper for generations, and the 2½ gulden denomination — an awkward fraction that persisted in Dutch monetary tradition long after it disappeared elsewhere — was still considered practical in Caribbean retail commerce at the time.