Netherlands Banknotes 1916-1955

This note was issued because of the Nazi invasion and occupation of Netherlands, the previous 10 Florin note with the vignette of Queen Emma, Queen Mother of Queen Wilhelmina, then in exile in London during the war. This note has a vignette from the painting De Schone Herderin by Dutch master Paulus Moreelse(1571-1638), below is the actual painting from the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. This note is P-56b.

 

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The Netherlands was liberated from the fascists occupiers in 1945 and new paper money was printed by the Netherlands Bank. Of course in keeping with tradition they chose a design, this being of the Girl Dressed In Blue by 17th Dutch painter Johannes Verspronck. This painting, performed in 1641, currently resides in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.