250 Gulden

The Curaçaosche Bank was established in 1828, making it one of the oldest issuing institutions in the Caribbean — but high-denomination notes like this 250 Gulden were never intended for general circulation. Curaçao's economy in 1918 was still largely tied to trade and entrepôt activity, and notes of this value functioned primarily as interbank instruments or large commercial settlements rather than anything passing through ordinary hands.

Pick 7K survivors are rare precisely because so few were issued and fewer still escaped cancellation or destruction. Any example outside an archive collection warrants scrutiny of its cancellation status.