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50 Gulden
| Issuer | Bank van Curaçao |
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| Year | 1855 |
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| Value | 50 Gulden (50 ANG) |
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| Reverse description | The reverse carries an extensive handwritten cancellation annotation in Dutch cursive script, applied in blue-violet ink across the full face of the note. The text, dated Willemstad, 16 December 1899, records the official withdrawal of this note series and its replacement, and is countersigned by the Administrator of Finance and Chairman of the Bank. The underlying printed border design of the note remains partially visible beneath the script. |
| Reverse lettering | De bankbiljetten van dit model, in het jaar 1855 vervaardigd en Op den 27. Augustus 1854 uitgegeven, zijn op den 10. December 1879 ingetrokken en door anderen vervangen van dezelfde waarde. Curaçao, Willemstad, 16 December 1899. De Administrateur v. Financiën, Voorzitter van de Bank, (Translation: The banknotes of this model, manufactured in the year 1855 and issued on the 27th of August 1854, were on the 10th of December 1879 withdrawn and replaced by others of the same value. Curaçao, Willemstad, 16 December 1899. The Administrator of Finance, Chairman of the Bank,) |
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The Bank van Curaçao was established in 1828, making it one of the oldest issuing institutions in the Dutch Caribbean. By 1855, the island's economy ran heavily on entrepôt trade — Curaçao functioned as a re-export hub for Venezuela and the broader Spanish Main, and the bank's notes circulated not just locally but frequently crossed into adjacent mainland commerce.
Surviving examples from this period are exceptionally rare. Nearly 170 years of Caribbean humidity, combined with low original print runs and minimal archival preservation, has reduced the known population to a handful of documented pieces.