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250 Gulden
| Issuer | Bank van de Nederlandse Antillen |
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| Year | 1986 |
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| Printer | Royal Joh. Enschedé (Koninklijke Joh. Enschedé, Johan Enschede en Zonen), Haarlem, Netherlands (1703-date) |
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| Obverse description | Purple and red-violet tones on multicolour underprint. A vignette of the Caribbean mockingbird (Mimus gilvus) occupies the centre of the note. The denomination and issuing bank name appear in the surrounding legends, with guilloche patterning providing background security. |
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| Reverse lettering | bank van de nederlandse antillen willemstad curaçao 31 maart 1986 joh. enschedé en zonen imp. auteursrecht bank van de nederlandse antillen o.ravelo/j.miles inv (Translation: Bank of the Netherlands Antilles Willemstad Curaçao March 31, 1986 Joh. Enschedé and Sons imp. Copyright Bank of the Netherlands Antilles O. Ravelo/J. Miles inv.) |
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The 250 Gulden denomination sits at the top of the Antillean gulden series and was rarely encountered in everyday transactions — the islands' economies ran predominantly on smaller notes, leaving high-value pieces like this to move through banking channels and interisland commerce rather than retail use. Enschedé had printed Netherlands Antilles paper since the postwar reorganization of the territory's currency, and the relationship was essentially unbroken through the series.
Ravelo Nadal, a Cuban-born designer, contributed to several Caribbean note series during this period, an unusual crossover between Cold War spheres rarely remarked upon in catalog literature.