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    Central Bank of Surinam and its Colorful Note Issues

    Jun 08, 2021 4 minutes
    Neil Shafer, NLG

    NOTE: This article is the third of a four-part series covering the paper currency of Surinam. Issues beginning in 1957 from the Central Bank are presented here.

    1957 Issue

    The Central Bank of Surinam was established in 1957, after Surinam began to develop degrees of self-government from the Netherlands starting in 1954. The Bank Act of 1956 allowed for the implementation of this new bank. The initial issue of the bank consisted of five denominations: 5, 10, 25, 100 and 1000 gulden. A totally revised design was developed by Johann Enschede for this printing, and all notes made use of it. The only difference besides the denomination was

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