SURINAME 100 GULDEN NOTE

I have to admit that I love notes from Suriname, they are so colourful  and great designs. This one is a 100 gulden note from 1982 . the reverse has the presidential palace in the capital city Paramaribo.

more notes HERE and HERE

"FILLERS" AND "DOUBLERS" FROM SURINAME

These two notes from Suriname, in South America , are examples of two jargon words in collection banknotes.

The 25 Gulden is a "Filler" or a lower condition note that you have until you find an uncirculated one. This one is from 2000 and is part of a collection with flowers on the front and birds on the reverse. This one has the Cannonball tree flower and the white throated toucan on the reverse. Handy, as they have given the Latin names on the note !!

The Second note is a 10 Gulden note and is a "doubler" where you already have one and receive a second one. you can see a description and other Suriname notes HERE

ORGANISING YOUR COLLECTION

There are loads of way to organise your collection of banknotes. most will depend on why you are collecting. I organise my one by country a-z but you could use subject or denomination for instance.

By subject could be :

ANIMALS

the above are from Antarctica, Congo democratic republic and Belarus

or BIRDS

from Singapore, Suriname and Zambia

or Women on banknotes ( not very many of them)

from Slovakia, Luxembourg, Italy and The Czech Republic

but of course there is one woman who are on loads of notes. Bahamas, Bermuda, British Honduras, Cayman Islands, Canada, Jersey, New Zealand, Australia, St Helena, Hong Kong, Gibraltar, jersey, Fiji, Falkland islands, Eastern Caribbean States, and of course Great Britain all have Queen Elizabeth II on their notes:

Other Possibles could be  Buildings, Revolutionaries , Presidents, Kings, Queens, Jobs or you could list them as you find them !!!

Finally you could list them by denomination;

Bolivars from Venezuela and Bolivia

Dollar from 30 countries from Australia to Zimbabwe

I think the rule here is that there are no rules 

SURINAME

The Republic of Suriman is a country in the northern part of South America. Its capital city is Paramaribo. The Society of Suriname was formed to administer the area in 1682. the society was made up of a Dutch family, the Dutch west Indies company and the city of Amsterdam. the mainstay of the country was the plantations and slaves. The abolition of slavery in 1863 saw the Plantation slaves freed but were not fully released until 10 years later. In 1973 , the local government started negotiations with the Netherlands which led to independence two years later in 1975. 1980 saw a military coup d'etat which announce the country as a socialist republic. In 1987 an election was held and a civilian government took control but the leader of the army dismissed the government by telephone in 1990. there followed a guerilla war between the army and the Maroons.

Monetary unit:

1 Gulden = 1 florin = 100 cents (up to 2004)
1 dollar = 100 old Gulden (2004 onwards)

The note above is the 1985 25 Gulden note with soldiers led by a woman on the front and the Presidential palace on the reverse.

These colourful notes are from the 2000 issue. The 10 Gulden note has a Black throated Mango on the front and a Scarlet star Flower on the reverse. whereas the 5 Gulden note has a red necked woodpecker on the front and a Giant Granadilla on the back.