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| Issuer | De Javasche Bank |
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| Year | 1864-1890 |
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| Value | 25 Gulden |
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| Obverse lettering | 25 DE JAVASCHE BANK betaalt aan Toonder VIJF EN TWINTIG GULDEN Batavia, 1 Augustus 1864 SECRETARIS PRESIDENT (Translation: The Bank of Java pays to the bearer twenty-five gulden. Batavia, 1 August 1864. Secretary, President.) |
| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in blue and red, centred on a large cruciform guilloche composition of five interlocking oval medallions, the central oval bearing the inscription "JAVASCHE BANK" and the numeral 25 appearing in the four surrounding ovals. Four red-printed text panels are placed in the corners, each containing anti-counterfeiting penalty notices in a different language: Dutch (upper left), Javanese script (lower left), Arabic (upper right), and Chinese characters (lower right). |
| Reverse lettering | JAVASCHE BANK 25 Met den dood, te pronkstelling, opsluiting in een tuchthuis en Verbanning wordt naar omstandigheden gestraft het namaken of Veralschen en het opzettelijk uitgeven van nagemaakte of Vervalschte billetten der Bank. (Staatsblad 1817 no. 4, 1822 no. 32 en 1859 no. 98.) (Translation: Bank of Java. Counterfeiting, altering or knowingly issuing forged or falsified banknotes of the Bank is punishable by death, pillory, imprisonment in a house of correction and banishment, depending on circumstances.) |
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