Dutch East Indies, a country of southeast Asia in the Malay Archipelago including Sumatra, Java, Timor, Sulawesi, the Moluccas, parts of Borneo and New Guinea, and many smaller islands. First settled by Austronesian-speaking peoples from the Asian mainland, the islands were the site of kingdoms allied with India before the arrival of Arab traders (14th century) who introduced Islam, which became the dominant religion. The Dutch East Indies Company controlled the territory from 1602 to 1798, when authority was turned over to the government of the Netherlands. In 1945 Indonesia declared its independence, which was finally achieved in 1949. Jakarta, on Java, is the capital and the largest city. ENJOY!!!

Languages: Bahasa Indonesian, Javanese, Sudanese, Dutch
Religions: Sunni Muslim, Christian

Today's note is a 1939 issue 1,000 Gulden Printed by Johann Enschede en Zonen (JEZ) (Netherlands) The book value for this note is $750. There is no exchange rate because this note is obsolete.

(Front) Javanese dancers at left and right. (Back) Legal text in four languages: Dutch, Javanese, Chinese and Arabic. Watermark: Head of the Goddess of Justice and Truth.