10 — Ten Guilders
The artwork
Front: No portrait at all — Jaap Drupsteen's design is pure geometry and colour: banded chevrons in blue, grey and orange, a starburst rosette, and a huge purple 10 over 'NLG'. The named subject is the kingfisher, 'IJSVOGEL — ALCEDO ATTHIS ISPIDA', which appears in the watermark area rather than as a picture. A roundel at upper left holds half a stickleback, 'STEKELBAARS'. Below: TIEN GULDEN, and the warning that forgers will be punished.
Back: The same restless abstraction, ranks of arrow-forms crossed by ribbons of red, ochre and slate. The serial number is set as a barcode with the digits printed beneath it, a very un-Dutch flourish for 1997. At right, the matching half of the stickleback roundel; at left, a pale cloud-shaped panel carrying microprinted text and instructions on checking the note against the light. Signed J. T. G. Drupsteen as designer.
In circulation
Issued from 1 July 1997, the last design put into circulation before the guilder gave way to the euro. It circulated barely four and a half years: euro notes and coins arrived on 1 January 2002 and guilder notes lost legal tender status the same month, though De Nederlandsche Bank still exchanges them.
Details
- CurrencyGuilder
- DenominationTen Guilders
- IssuerDe Nederlandsche Bank, Amsterdam
- SeriesDated 1 Juli 1997; design by J. T. G. Drupsteen
- PrinterJoh. Enschedé en Zonen
- WatermarkKingfisher, with light and dark areas, as described in the note's own text panel
- SecuritySee-through register forming a stickleback; raised, feelable ink on the face; microprinting beside the watermark; barcode serial number
- SignaturePresident and Secretaris