25 Gulden

Features

Issuer Netherlands
Issuing bank De Nederlandsche Bank
King William III (1849-1890)
Queen Wilhelmina (1890-1948)
Type Standard banknote
Years 1860-1918
Value 25 Gulden (25 NLG)
Currency Gulden (decimalized, 1817-2001)
Composition Paper
Size 220 × 105 mm
Shape Rectangular
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
210793
References P# 21,
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# PL55
Patrick Plomp; Catalog of Papermoney of The Netherlands & Overseas Territory (1760-present) - Part 2.

Series: 1904-1911 "Old Style" Issue

Obverse

Black on orange underprint.
Coat of Arms with caduceus and lion at top center.
Various dates between 1.6.1861 and 9.3.1921 (see comments field).

Script: Latin

Lettering:
25
De Nederlandsche Bank
betaalt aan toonder
VIJF EN TWINTIG GULDEN
Amsterdam, 3 October 1901.
25

Translation:
Bank of Netherlands
Pay to the Bearer
Twenty Five Gulden
Amsterdam, October 3, 1901.

Reverse

Uniface note.

Signatures

Willem Cornelis Mees (WCM¹) Secretary
Hendrik Croockewit (HC²) President
Johannes Hermanus Molkenboer (JHM) Secretary
Willem Cornelis Mees (WCM²) President
Johan George Gleichman (JGG¹) Secretary
Hendrik Peter Godfried Quack (HGQ) Secretary
Nicolaas Gerard Pierson (NGP¹) President
Jacobus Gijsbert Nikolaas de Hoop Scheffer (JHS) Secretary
Norbertus Petrus van den Berg (NPB) President
Anthony Moens (AMo) Secretary
Gerard Vissering (GV) President
Giullaume Henri Marie Delprat (GMD) Secretary

Comments

For this issue (P#21), the SCWPM (Krause catalog) considers only 20th century emissions. However, the Plomp (Catalog Papermoney of the Netherlands & Overseas Territories) brings us information on issues of this banknote since 1861.
Below we will report all the seals, series and (approximate) periods of issue of these 25 Gulden banknotes, according to Plomp.

Issued Details, according to Plomp (PL85):

PL55a (1861-1863) - not in Krause
Signatures: Mr. Willem Cornelis Mees (Secretary of DNB) and Hendrik Croockewit (President of DNB)
Series: A-Z and AA - DD5855 (double letters)

PL55b (1863-1871) - not in Krause
Signatures: Mr. Johannes Hermanus Molkenboer (Secretary of DNB) and Mr. Willem Cornelis Mees (President of DNB)
Series: DD5856 - ZZ (double letters) and AA - AK1600 (individual letters)

PL55c (1871-1877) - not in Krause
Signatures: Mr. Johan George Gleichman (Secretary of DNB) and Mr. Willem Cornelis Mees (President of DNB)
Series: AK1601 - CO

PL55d (1877-1884) - not in Krause
Signatures: Mr. Hendrik Peter Godfried Quack (Secretary of DNB) and Mr. Willem Cornelis Mees (President of DNB)
Series: CP-GB

PL55e (1885) - not in Krause
Signatures: Mr. Hendrik Peter Godfried Quack (Secretary of DNB) and Mr. Nicolaas Gerard Pierson (President of DNB)
Series: GC-GP

PL55f (1885-1905) - not in Krause
Signatures: Mr. Jacobus Gijsbert Nikolaas de Hoop Scheffer (Secretary of DNB) and Mr. Nicolaas Gerard Pierson (President of DNB)
Series: GQ-LB

PL55g (1905-1909) - P#21
Signatures: Mr. Jacobus Gijsbert Nikolaas de Hoop Scheffer (Secretary of DNB) and Mr. Norbertus Petrus van den Berg (President of DNB)
Series: LC-ZX and AAA-JJK (3 letters / 4 digits)

PL55h (1909-1912) - P#21
Signatures: Mr. Anthony Moens (Secretary of DNB) and Mr. Norbertus Petrus van den Berg (President of DNB)
Series: JJL-RRY and MOBQ-MOBV

PL55i (1912-1915) - P#21
Signatures: Mr. Anthony Moens (Secretary of DNB) and Mr. Gerard Vissering (President of DNB)
Series: RRZ-XXZ , A (1 letter / 6 digits) and AA-AE (2 letters / 6 digits)

PL55j (1915-1922) - P#21
Signatures: Mr. Giullaume Henri Marie Delprat (Secretary of DNB) and Mr. Gerard Vissering (President of DNB)
Series: B-D (1 letter / 6 digits) and AF-DR (2 letters / 6 digits)

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Date Signatures VG F VF XF AU UNC
1860  WCM¹, HC² date not confirmed
1861  WCM¹, HC² Plomp# PL55a (1861-1863)
1863  JHM, WCM² Plomp# PL55b (1863-1871)
1871  JGG¹, WCM² Plomp# PL55c (1871-1877)
1877  HGQ, WCM² Plomp# PL55d (1877-1884)
1885  HGQ, NGP¹ Plomp# PL55e (1885)
1901-Oct-03  JHS, NGP¹ Photo Plomp# PL55f (1885-1905)
1906  JHS, NPB Plomp# PL55g (1905-1909)
1910  AMo, NPB Plomp# PL55h (1909-1912)
1915  AMo, GV Plomp# PL55i (1912-1915)
1916  GMD, GV Plomp# PL55j (1915-1922)
1918-Jun-05  GMD, GV Plomp# PL55j (1915-1922)

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