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50 Gulden 'Helmeted Minerva'
| Issuer | De Nederlandsche Bank |
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| Year | 1929-1931 |
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| Currency | Gulden (decimalized, 1817-2001) |
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| Obverse lettering | DE NEDERLANDSCHE BANK BETAALT AAN TOONDER VIJFTIG GULDEN 50 DE PRESIDENT DE SECRETARIS (Translation: The Bank of the Netherlands Pays to the Bearer Fifty Gulden 50 The President The Secretary) |
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| Reverse lettering | 50 - VIJFTIG GULDEN WETBOEK VAN STRAFRECHT ART. 208. Hij die muntspeciën of munt- of bankbiljetten namaakt of vervalst, met het oogmerk om die muntspeciën of munt- of bankbiljetten als echt en onvervalst uit te geven of te doen uitgeven, wordt gestraft met gevangenisstraf van ten hoogste NEGEN JAREN. AMSTERDAM 2 JULI 1930 JOH. ENSCHEDÉ EN ZONEN IMP. - JAC. JONGERT FEC. (Translation: 50 - Fifty Gulden Criminal Code Art. 208. He who counterfeits or falsifies coins or coin- or banknotes for the purpose of issuing or having those coins or coin- or banknotes issued as genuine and unadulterated is punishable by imprisonment of up to NINE YEARS. Amsterdam, July 2, 1930 Joh. Enschedé and Sons Imp. - Jac. Jongert Fec.) |
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Jacques Jongert was an unusual choice for a banknote commission — he came primarily from poster and applied arts work, not the engraving tradition that dominated Dutch note design. The Helmeted Minerva series reflects that background: the composition is flatter and more graphically assertive than contemporaneous Enschedé output, closer in spirit to Dutch constructivist commercial printing than to classical intaglio banknote convention.
The series ran across a tight three-year window, 1929–1931, bracketing the onset of the Depression. Replacement demand stayed low; the Netherlands held to the gold standard through 1936, which kept monetary conditions contractionary and note turnover slow.