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5 Gulden
| Issuer | De Surinaamsche Bank |
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| Year | 1935-1940 |
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| Currency | Guilder (1826-2003) |
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| Obverse description | Blue intaglio on light green underprint. The Arms of Suriname appear as a vignette at left, while a native girl in traditional kotomisi dress with head scarf occupies the right portion of the note. Denomination and issuer text are presented in letterpress, with stamped date and printed signatures below. |
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| Reverse description | Predominantly geometric guilloche patterns fill the face, with the numeral 5 rendered in large format at both left and right margins. The serial number appears in black ink without letter prefixes. |
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De Surinaamsche Bank was a private commercial bank granted the exclusive right to issue banknotes in Suriname — then Dutch Guiana — a privilege it held for well over a century. Joh. Enschedé en Zonen, the Haarlem security printer with roots going back to 1703, produced the entire series, and their craftsmanship at this period was among the finest in European banknote production.
The 1935–1940 date range reflects a span of authorized issue rather than a single print run. Individual notes within P#85 can often be more precisely dated by manuscript or stamped dates, which Enschedé left partly completed on some printings in this series.