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50 Centen
| Issuer | Curaçaosche Bank |
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| Year | 1892 |
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| Value | 50 Cents (50 Centen) (0.50 ANG) |
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| Obverse description | Black intaglio on a pale blue guilloche underprint. The bank title 'Curaçaosche Bank' is rendered in large ornate script at centre, with the denomination 'VYFTIG CENTEN' in bold letterpress below, followed by the payability clause in Dutch; the fractional value '0.50' appears in an oval cartouche at upper left, flanked by decorative corner devices. A handwritten serial number appears at lower centre, accompanied by a manuscript signature, with the printer's imprint 'Hamilton Bank Note Co. New York' at the bottom margin. |
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| Reverse description | Uniface note with a plain unprinted reverse; two manuscript signatures applied by bank officials are the sole markings present, with no engraved or typeset design elements. |
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The Curaçaosche Bank was established in 1828, making it one of the oldest chartered banks in the Dutch Caribbean. By 1892, the island's economy ran heavily on trade transit and the refining activities tied to Venezuelan commerce — a 50 cent note in that setting was a genuinely functional denomination, not a token issue.
Hamilton Bank Note Company printed relatively few Caribbean colonial issues before being absorbed into the American Bank Note Company in 1879. That this note carries an 1892 date with HBNC attribution warrants scrutiny — the plates may predate the merger, with impressions struck later from inherited stock.