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50 Gulden
| Issuer | De Surinaamsche Bank |
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| Year | 1856-1919 |
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| Value | 50 Guilders (50 Gulden) (50 SRG) |
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| Obverse description | Black intaglio on blue guilloche underprint. An ornate arabesque and volute border frames the note, with the coat of arms of Suriname at the top centre — two indigenous figures flanking a medallion with a sailing vessel, below which a ribbon bears the national motto in Latin: Justitia Pietas Fides. The place and date are printed centrally, while a lower vignette illustrates the allegorical arrival of the first Europeans in Suriname, with figures exchanging offerings on a shoreline, trade goods stacked on the beach, and a sailing vessel anchored in a bay. Denomination numeral "50" appears in each corner, with Dutch-language text and two manuscript signatures of the Director and Director-President in black ink. |
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| Reverse description | Uniface note; the reverse is unprinted. |
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De Surinaamsche Bank was established in 1865 with an exclusive right of issue for the Dutch colony, making notes from the early portion of this series among the first it ever printed. Enschedé in Haarlem had long handled Dutch colonial currency work, and the relationship was essentially institutional — there was no competitive tendering.
The 1856 opening date in the catalog range predates the bank's own founding, which suggests either provisional or predecessor-institution dating conventions at play in the Pick attribution. Worth verifying against the specific date on any individual example before drawing conclusions about issue authority.