WORLD BANKNOTES
1319 De Javasche Bank, proof 5 gulden, Batavia, 15 May 1940, red serial number A 000000, dark green and pale blue, palm trees at left and hut, value at centre and at each corner, reverse blue, Javasche bank building and value and text (Pick unlisted, Handjaja unlisted), the revere similar to the obverse of the series of 1919. Only two examples of this type believed extant. Paperclip mark top left otherwise uncirculated and extremely rare £4,000-4,500
†1320 De Javasche Bank, specimen ½ gulden, violet, moon orchid at left, 1 gulden, blue, palm trees, and 2½ gulden, red, Jasmine, serial number A/1, B/1 and C/1 000000 respectively, all ND (1948) (Pick 97s, 98s, 99s), perforated SPECIMEN, ink date in top margin, good extremely fine and very rare in specimen format (3) £400-600
1321 Nederlandsch-Indie, Muntbiljet, 100 gulden, 2 March 1943, serial number HE 07955, grey-brown, Queen Wilhelmina at right, arms top left (Pick 117a, Handjaja H173), in PCGS holder, 65 PPQ gem new £400-450
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