erflatersserie

== Dutch == === Etymology === Compound of erflater (“someone who leaves behind an inheritance, bequeather, testator”) +‎ -s- +‎ serie (“series”), referring to the book Erflaters van onze beschaving ("Bequeathers of Our Civilisation") by historians Jan Romein and Annie Romein-Verschoor, a collection of biographies of Dutch historical figures, which was used by the Dutch central bank as a shortlist of characters eligible to be portrayed on banknotes. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɛr(ə)flaːtərsˈseːri/ Hyphenation: erf‧la‧ters‧se‧rie === Noun === erflatersserie f (plural erflatersseries, no diminutive) (Netherlands, historical, numismatics) one of two series of Dutch banknotes issued in the 1950s–70s, designed by Eppo Doeve and Ootje Oxenaar, respectively, featuring portraits of prominent characters from Dutch history === References ===