Netherlands Banknotes 1916-1955

I used to collect Netherlands Banknotes in the 80's and 90's and put together nearly a complete collection from 1916 through 1955, over 120 different notes, including a few rare ones.

I sold these on eBay between 2002-2003, and happily most went back to the Netherlands to Dutch collectors.

If there is any interest I will dig up my old photos and post the best ones here. Some of these old Dutch notes were true works of art.

Here are a few examples. If even one person says "MORE!" I will post more photos.

 

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please sir, could I have some more ?

 

^ lol, me too!

 

Wished I had collected them at the time, I would have bought them in a heartbeat. I love Netherlands notes.

 

You asked for it, you got it!

Woman in traditional Zeeland garb...



Rare AU+ replacement note. (Serial # begins with "1" instead of "0".)



These are few and far between.

 

These are so big that they don't even fit into a regular sized holder.

Vivid colors and look at that fancy serial #.


Another beauty.


And another with a radar serial #.

 

Yes, that's a 1000!


A "common" Dutch note with an overprint on the reverse that makes it special...


Another fancy serial #.

 

Two early Dutch notes...

I found this one when the International Paper Money Show was held at the World Trade Center back in the 1990's.


Very early single letter serial number with two rust spots.

 

More?

 

I think we both love these notes because of the beautiful women featured on them. Obviously we both prefer women over men with beards.

Having been to the Netherlands I firmly believe Dutch women are the most beautiful on earth.

Don't tell my wife though, her roots are Polish/Ukranian...

 

I disagree with you, because my family and my daughters Ukrainian, and Ukrainian women are absolutely most beautiful, but Dutch women very nice also. BTW I was in Netherlands last week, but now back to Ukraine.

Back on subject here:





Another very rare replacement note.

BTW maybe because of the geometric patterns on the notes, especially the 100 and 1000 Gulden notes they are next to impossible to scan without moire patterns forming in the image. I have had to tweak the scanner and image them at a much higher resolution to avoid the moire patterns in the images. It is funny that the notes were designed some 70-80 years ago but still can defeat scanners that were not even around then. Joh Enschede en Zonen is printer of most Dutch notes, and has produced very innovative designs.

 

It 1920 10 Gulden piece is amazing , the engraving is simply stunning and I wish I could afford to add it to my collection but alas I will have to settle with saving this image in my "may buy in the far future" folder

 

alot of these notes are very nice! Alot of intricate designs -- i do like them !!!

 

Did not want to start a new topic just for this post, so here we go ... Koninklijke Joh. Enschedé announced today that they will stop printing paper money. (One article in Dutch is here; there are many others.) The main reason is that the market has become very difficult.

There is, according to Enschedé, hardly any fair competition as government owned/operated printers enjoy protection in their domestic markets and can offer low prices elsewhere. (Not exactly news, as even in 1990 Joh. Enschedé's paper money production was not profitable any more, but maybe things got worse.) The company will continue making various other security products.

Christian

 

Nice note! Not exactly as colorful as many later DNB issues but it also has an interesting date - two days after the Liberation.

Christian

 

The date was just after liberation, but it was issued later in the summer when all the notes issued up to that time were withdrawn in an effort to weed out ill gotten cash from the occupation. So all those 100, 200, 500 and 1000 florin notes that represented huge amounts of cash instantly became worthless unless you could prove the source of the income.

 

Love the close ups of the vignettes @scottishmoney . Thanks for sharing.

 

One of the most evocative of Netherlands notes was issued in 1947, quickly replacing the post war issue of the 25 Florin note:

 

Netherlands had a history of artistry on their banknotes, not just any artistry, but rather classic artistry from the finest paintings of the Dutch Renaissance.



A curious feature of these now nearly 80 year old notes is the heavy watermarks and the moire patterns of the designs on the reverse - when imaging these notes several years ago I really had to tweak the scanner to not get distortions on the notes - as if someone in Joh Enschede en Zonen could have predicted people would digitally scan the notes decades later.