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Half-Guilder Banknote Issued by the Japanese Government of the Dutch East Indies

Also known as: Bankbiljet van een halve gulden uitgegeven door de Japanse Regering van Nederlands-Indië

DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.

Record status

Individual type · partial

Period

1942 - 1945

Banknote with blue imprint 'De Japansche Regeering betaalt aan toonder HALF GULDEN', '1/2' and stamped 'SL'. Paper yellowed in the center. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-1989-15-2; its record gives material recorded as paper; technique printing. Description translated from the museum's Dutch catalogue text; details are those of this museum object, and how far it represents a wider type has not been independently verified.

Evidence at a glance

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Physical characteristics

Material
paper
Technique
printing

Identification

Original title
Bankbiljet van een halve gulden uitgegeven door de Japanse Regering van Nederlands-Indië
Holding institution
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Museum object number
NG-1989-15-2
Museum classification
bank notes · halve gulden · waardepapier

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Denomination
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Issue or mint date
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Material
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Mint or printer
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Catalogue references

No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.

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  • Research required: this record describes a single museum object; confirm the issuer, series, catalogue numbers and dimensions against paper-money references.
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