Currency in Netherlands New Guinea
Source: Handbook on Netherlands New Guinea, 1958.
Monetary System.Under the current statutory regulations the unit of currency of Netherlands
New Guinea is the New Guinea guilder (gulden). The New Guinea guilder is
coupled to the Netherlands guilder on parity basis and so at the same time tied to the West European
Payments Union System. The Netherlands New Guinea guilder is divided into one hundred cents. The
government issues currency notes in denominations of f 500,-, f 100,-, f 25,-, f 10,-, f 5,-, f 2,50 and
f 1,-. In addition nickel coins of 25 and 10 cents and bronze coins of 5 cents and 1 cent are in
circulation. Netherlands New Guinea issues no coins of its own but makes use of Netherlands coins. The
currency notes issued by the New Guinea Government are legal tender up to any amount, the metallic coins
up to limited amounts. The territory has no bank of issue and for that reason no bank notes of its own are
circulating. As far as check-book money is concerned it must be pointed out that a banking system has
hardly developed yet, and that therefore the system of effecting payments by checks plays a very limited
role.
On January 2, 1950 the following curency notes were circulated: #4: 1 gulden, #5: 2 1/2 gulden, #6: 5
gulden, with queen Juliana left and a decorative vignet right (I found no information on #1 through 3).
#4. 1 Gulden Biljet (1950) (source):
- 1 Gulden Biljet - Specimen (1950)
#5. 2 1/2 Gulden Biljet (1950) (source):
On January 2, 1950 the following curency notes were circulated: #7: 10 gulden; #8: 25 gulden, #9: 100
gulden and #10: 500 gulden, with queen Juliana left and a bird of paradise right.
#7. 10 Gulden Biljet (1950) (source):
On December 8, 1954 the following curency notes were circulated: #11: 1 gulden, #12: 2 1/2 gulden, #13:
5 gulden queen Juliana right and another bird of paradise left.
#11. 1 Gulden Biljet (1954)
#12. 2 1/2 Gulden Biljet (1954) (source: removed from ebay):
#13. 5 Gulden Biljet (1954) (source):
On December 8, 1954 the following curency notes were circulated: #14: 10 gulden; #15: 25 gulden, #16:
100 gulden and #17: 500 gulden, with queen koningin Juliana right and crowned pigeon left.
#14. 10 Gulden Biljet (1954) (source):
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