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1 New Rupiah Purple and red

Issuer Republic of Indonesia
Year 1949
Type Standard circulation banknote
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Obverse description Purple letterpress print on white-brownish paper, with a red signature below the central vignette. The denomination numeral appears in both upper corners and at centre, flanked by the issuer inscription at top. The face value in full text reads below the central numeral.
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1 UNDANG2 1
BARANG SIAPA MENIRU ATAU MEMALSU UANG
KERTAS NEGARA. ATAU
DENGAN SENGADJA
MENGEDARKAN. MENJIMPAN ATAUPUN MEMA
SUKKAN KEDAERAH REPUBLIK INDONESIA
UANG KERTAS TIRUAN ATAU PALSU. DAPAT
DIHUKUM MENURUT KITAB UNDANG2 HUKUM
PIDANA PASAL 244, 245 DAN 249
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Indonesia's first post-independence currency series — issued by the Republic before the formal transfer of sovereignty from the Netherlands in December 1949 — circulated alongside Dutch colonial notes in a country still legally disputed. The 1 New Rupiah was part of a stopgap emission intended to assert monetary authority over Republican-controlled territories while the Hague negotiations were still unresolved.

P#35 is among the more modestly valued notes in the series, partly because low denominations survived in higher quantities. The "New Rupiah" designation distinguished these issues from earlier Republican emissions that had already depreciated sharply during the independence struggle.

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