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25 Gulden
| Issuer | De Nederlandsche Bank |
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| Year | 1860-1919 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Black intaglio print on orange guilloche underprint. The Royal Netherlands coat of arms, incorporating a caduceus and a rampant lion, is positioned at top center. The note carries various issue dates between 1 June 1861 and 9 March 1921, with denomination numerals at left and right flanking the central text panel. |
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| Reverse description | Uniface note; the reverse is unprinted, presenting plain paper with visible fold lines and age toning consistent with a note of this period. |
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Pick 21 had a remarkably long run for a single design type — the series spans from 1860 to 1919, with plates and formats surviving well past what most institutions would tolerate. The note printed on 30 April 1945 carries a date of almost grotesque historical coincidence: that was the day Hitler died in Berlin, with Allied forces already operating freely across much of the Netherlands.
The Dutch hunger winter of 1944–45 had devastated the occupied north, and De Nederlandsche Bank was printing currency under conditions of extreme institutional stress. Notes from this final wartime printing are sometimes found with handling damage consistent with emergency use rather than normal bank distribution.