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1/2 Rupiah Tandjungkarang, Lampung
| Issuer | Keresidenan Lampung (Lampung Residency) |
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| Year | 1948 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBLIK INDONESIA PROPINSI SUMATERA TANDA PENBAJARAN JANG SAH SETENGAH RUPIAH Tanda pembajaran ini dianggap sah sebagai uang kertas sebagai tersebut dalam pasal IX sampel XIII dari undang2 Presiden No 1 tahun 1946 tentang peraturan hukum pidana TANDJUNGKARANG 1 Juni 1948 RESIDEN LAMPUNG 1/2 KERESIDENAN-LAMPUNG 1/2 (Translation: Republic of Indonesia Sumatera Province Valid Proof of Payment Half Rupiah This proof of payment is considered valid as paper money as stated in article IX to XIII of Presidential Law No. 1 of 1946 concerning criminal law regulations TANDJUNGKARANG 1 June 1948 LAMPUNG RESIDENCY 1/2) |
| Reverse description | The reverse is entirely blank, bearing no printed design, text, or ornamentation of any kind. |
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Keresidenan Lampung was one of several Indonesian residencies that issued their own emergency currency during the independence struggle, when the newly proclaimed Republic lacked the infrastructure to supply a unified national paper currency to outlying territories. These regional issues filled a practical gap — Lampung, on the southern tip of Sumatra, was geographically cut off enough that waiting for Jakarta was not an option.
The Tandjungkarang place-name in the title refers to the administrative capital of Lampung at the time, now part of Bandar Lampung. These fractional-rupiah residency notes are among the more obscure survivors of the 1945–1949 period, and the half-rupiah denomination suggests the issuing authority was thinking about small daily transactions, not reserve holdings.