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25 Gulden/Roepiah
| Issuer | De Javasche Bank |
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| Year | 1946 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | De Javasche Bank Betaalt aan Toonder Vijfentwintig Gulden Membajar Kepada Pembawa Doewa Poeloeh Lima Roepiah (Translation: The Java Bank Will pay to the bearer Twenty Five Gulden Twenty Five Roepiah) |
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De Javasche Bank resumed printing in the Netherlands after the Japanese occupation of the Dutch East Indies made local production impossible from 1942 onward. This note was printed by Enschedé in Haarlem but arrived too late to matter much — Indonesian independence was declared in August 1945, and the political ground shifted rapidly beneath any currency bearing the old colonial bank's name. Notes of this series circulated in areas under Dutch control during the chaotic 1945–1949 sovereignty dispute, competing alongside Japanese military scrip remnants and the newly asserting Republic's own emergency issues.
The dual-denomination title — Gulden and Roepiah — reflects a deliberate ambiguity about monetary authority that satisfied neither side of the conflict.