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25 Gulden
| Issuer | Javasche Bank / De Javasche Bank |
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| Year | 1950 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse lettering | NIEUW-GUINEA VIJF EN TWINTIG GULDEN WETTIG BETAALMIDDEL 2 JANUARI 1950 25 |
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| Reverse lettering | UITGEGEVEN KRACHTENS HET "BESLUIT GELDREGELING NIEUW-GUINEA" 25 |
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De Javasche Bank had functioned as the Dutch colonial central bank in the Dutch East Indies since 1828, but by 1950 the political ground had shifted entirely — Indonesian independence had been declared in 1945, and the bank was operating in a territory no longer under Dutch authority. This note was printed in Haarlem for a bank that would be nationalized by the Indonesian government just one year later, in 1951, becoming Bank Indonesia.
The timing makes P#8 one of the final issues under the Javasche Bank name, and surviving examples in any condition are relatively scarce given the short window of legitimate circulation before the institutional changeover.