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5 Gulden Kopergeld
| Issuer | De Javasche Bank |
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| Year | 1832 |
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| Value | 5 Gulden |
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| Obverse lettering | KOPERGELD Koperen Munt, tegen Honderd Duiten de Gulden, Sig- wisselbaar aan Toonder bij 't Lands Kas. PRESIDENT en DIRECTEUREN der Javasche Bank. Goed voor Vijf Gulden Koperen Munt. KOPERGELD. |
| Reverse description | Plain unprinted paper reverse showing strong bleed-through of the obverse letterpress text and border ornaments. An oval blue ink stamp is visible at upper left, likely an administrative or validation cancellation applied during circulation. |
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De Javasche Bank — chartered in 1828 by King Willem I — was still in its infancy when this note was issued, operating with a monopoly on paper currency in the Dutch East Indies but facing persistent public reluctance to accept it. The "Kopergeld" designation is the key detail here: these notes were denominated in copper money equivalents, a practical concession to a colonial economy where copper coin dominated small-value transactions and the relationship between copper, silver, and paper remained genuinely unstable.
Printed locally in Batavia rather than sent out from the Netherlands, which was unusual for the period and reflects the logistical realities of running a colonial bank eight months' sailing from Amsterdam.