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1.000 Rupiah Djepang (Japanese Rupiah)
| Issuer | Kas Negara Daerah Palembang (Regional Government Treasury, Palembang) |
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| Year | 1947 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | MANDAT D.P.D.P. KAS NEGARA DAERAH PALEMBANG DIPERINTAHKAN MEMBAJAR KEPADA JANG MEMEGANG INI SEBANJAK SERIBU RUPIA 1 (RUPIAH DJEPANG) ATAS PERBELANDJAAN PERTAHANAN DAERAH PALEMBANG JAITU DENGAN Mata Uait U.R.I. MANAKALA U.R.I. TELAH SAH BEREDAR DI SUMATERA 1 AGUSTUS 1947 RESIDEN DAERAH PALEMBANG 1000 |
| Reverse description | Blue letterpress print with a dense ornamental border of scrollwork, floral rosettes, and foliate motifs framing the entire face. Corner medallions in each of the four corners each carry the numeral '1000', while a large central cartouche with scrolled frame contains a landscape vignette of trees and water, surmounted by a clouded sky, with the bold numeral '1000' superimposed over the vignette. |
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The Japanese occupation of the Dutch East Indies (1942–1945) left behind a chaotic monetary vacuum. When Allied forces returned and the Indonesian Republic began asserting control over its own territory, numerous regional authorities issued their own emergency currencies rather than wait for a unified national solution. This note is one of those — a locally printed instrument from the Palembang treasury in South Sumatra, issued two years after the Japanese surrender, still denominated in "Djepang" (Japanese) Rupiah because that was the currency already in circulation and understood by the local population.
The continued use of the Japanese monetary unit in the name, even in a note issued by a Republican authority, tells you more about the economic disorder of the Indonesian National Revolution than any single sentence could.