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Original – One guilder, playing card money (1801). Prior to the formal introduction of paper currency, playing card money, denominated in Dutch Guilders, was used in Dutch Guiana (now Surinam) from 1761–1826.
Reason
High quality, high EV. Very early example (1801) of playing card money (see Card Money in New France for general description) from Dutch Guiana (now Surinam). Rare, not illustrated in most references.
Articles in which this image appears
Card money, Dutch guilder
FP category for this image
Currency
Creator
Netherlands
From the National Numismatic Collection, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution.
Image by Godot13.
I'm not sure there is enough information (reliable sources). I could hardly find anything on the internet and even the general world numismatic references don't have more than a sentence or two for card money in Dutch Guiana...-Godot13 (talk) 05:22, 11 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Dutch Guiana-Suriname-1 Guilder (1801) card money.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 05:52, 21 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]