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| Issuer | Bank van Curaçao |
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| Year | 1855 |
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| Value | 25 Gulden (25 ANG) |
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| Obverse lettering | CURAÇAO Goed voor f. 25,- Vijf en Twintig Gulden Betaalbaar op vertoon aan Toonder bij de directie van de BANK te Curaçao. Goed voor Vijf en Twintig Gulden in specie. f.25,- Zegge f 25. Curaçao, 1855 (Translation: Curaçao Good for f. 25,- Twenty Five Gulden payable on presentation to Bearer at the management of the Bank in Curaçao. Good for Twenty Five Gulden in specie. Curaçao, 1855) |
| Reverse description | The reverse carries an extensive handwritten cancellation notice in Dutch, written in ink in a 19th-century cursive hand across the entire note face, overlying the ghosted printed border and guilloche underprint visible in raking light. The inscription records the formal withdrawal of this note type on 10 December 1879 and its replacement by notes of equal value, dated and signed at Willemstad, Curaçao, 16 December 1899 by the Administrator of Finance and Chairman of the Bank. |
| Reverse lettering | De bankbiljetten van dit model, in het jaar 1855 vervaardigd en op den 27 Augustus 1857 uitgegeven, zijn op den 10e December 1879 ingetrokken en door anderen vervangen van dezelfde waarde. Curaçao, Willemstad, 16 December 1899. De Administrateur van Financiën, Voorzitter van de Bank, (Translation: The banknotes of this model, manufactured in the year 1855 and issued on the 27th of August 1857, were on the 10th of December 1879 withdrawn and replaced by others of the same value. Curaçao, Willemstad, 16 December 1899. The Administrator of Finance, Chairman of the Bank,) |
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