20 Gulden Herman Boerhaave

Features

Issuer Netherlands
Issuing bank De Nederlandsche Bank
Queen Juliana (1948-1980)
Type Standard banknote
Year 1955
Value 20 Gulden (20 NLG)
Currency Gulden (decimalized, 1817-2001)
Composition Paper
Size 151 × 82 mm
Shape Rectangular
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
209523
References P# 86,
Tracy L. Schmidt (editor); 2019. Standard Catalog of World Paper Money. Modern issues 1961-present (25th edition). Krause Publications, Iola, Wisconsin, United States.
And 2 more volumes.
Plomp# PL53
Patrick Plomp; Catalog of Papermoney of The Netherlands & Overseas Territory (1760-present) - Part 2.

Series: 1953-1956 Issue

Obverse

Green and lilac.
Portrait of Dutch botanist and physician Herman Boerhaave (1668 - 1738) on the right.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
DE NEDERLANDSCHE BANK
TWINTIG
GULDEN

BOERHAAVE
20 AMSTERDAM 8 NOVEMBER 1955 20

Translation:
Bank of the Netherlands
Twenty Gulden
Boerhaave
Amsterdam - November 8, 1955

Reverse

Green and lilac.
Figure of stylized serpent with pharmacist's cup.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
Wetboek van strafrecht artikel 208. Hij die muntspeciën of munt- of bankbiljetten namaakt of vervalst, met het oogmerk om die muntspeciën of munt- of bankbiljetten als echt en onvervalst uit te geven of te doen uitgeven, wordt gestraft met gevangenisstraf van ten hoogste negen jaren.

20

J. F. DOEVE DEL
JOH. ENSCHEDÉ EN ZONEN IMP

Translation:
Criminal code article 208. He who counterfeits or falsifies coins or coin- or banknotes for the purpose of issuing or having those coins or coin- or banknotes issued as genuine and unadulterated is punishable by imprisonment of up to nine years.

20

J.F. Doeve Del
Joh. Enschedé and Sons Imp

Designer: Joseph Ferdinand Doeve

Signatures

Marius Wilhelm Holtrop (MWH) President
Adriaan Marie de Jong (AMG) Secretary

Printer

Royal Joh. Enschedé (Koninklijke Joh. Enschedé, Johan Enschede en Zonen), Haarlem, Netherlands (1703-date)

Comments


Specimen note


Herman Boerhaave (31 December 1668 – 23 September 1738) was a Dutch botanist, chemist, Christian humanist, and physician of European fame. He is regarded as the founder of clinical teaching and of the modern academic hospital and is sometimes referred to as "the father of physiology," along with Venetian physician Santorio Santorio (1561–1636).
Boerhaave introduced the quantitative approach into medicine, along with his pupil Albrecht von Haller (1708–1777) and is best known for demonstrating the relation of symptoms to lesions. He was the first to isolate the chemical urea from urine. He was the first physician to put thermometer measurements to clinical practice. His motto was Simplex sigillum veri: 'Simplicity is the sign of the truth'. He is often hailed as the "Dutch Hippocrates".
See more in: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Boerhaave

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Date Signatures VG F VF XF AU UNC Frequency
1955-Nov-08  MWH, AMG 100% P#86 - Issued note; Series: 1/6 AA-AX and 1/5 AY-AZ
1955-Nov-08  MWH, AMG 0% Specimen (diagonally red stamped)

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Lot 1340
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23 Nov 2023 Undetermined XF USD 203.66
(EUR 189.00)
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