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50 Gulden Zonnebloem
| Issuer | De Nederlandsche Bank |
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| Year | 1982 |
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| Designer(s) | Ootje Oxenaar |
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| Obverse description | Orange and yellow intaglio print on multicolour underprint. A large sunflower vignette with a bee occupies the lower centre of the note, rendered in vivid yellows and oranges against a geometric guilloche background. The denomination '50' appears in numerals to both the left and right, with inscriptions identifying the issuing bank and date of issue, and a red triangle security element at the lower left corner. |
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| Reverse description | Orange and yellow on multicolour underprint. The central vignette presents a cartographic representation of the reclaimed province of Flevoland, encircled by a field of sunflowers rendered in the note's characteristic warm palette. A purple and white geometric band runs along the left margin, while the serial number, anti-counterfeiting notice, and denomination value are arranged around the central design. |
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Ootje Oxenaar's redesign of Dutch banknotes from the 1960s onward was a deliberate break from the solemn portraiture tradition — the Nederlandsche Bank gave him unusual creative latitude, and the results divided opinion sharply. The "Zonnebloem" (sunflower) series pushed chromatic intensity further than most central banks would tolerate, and the 50 Gulden is perhaps the most vivid expression of that approach.
Oxenaar also held an engraver credit here alongside J.J. Kruit, which was rare — designers rarely carried technical intaglio responsibility on the same note.