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1 Rupiah
| Issuer | Kas Negara (Central Treasury), Djambi |
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| Year | 1947 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Reverse description | The reverse carries a plain typeset text block in Indonesian, without decorative elements, stating the coupon's validity as a temporary exchange instrument within the Djambi region and its guaranteed redemption against Orips currency at the Kas Negara Djambi. The date of issue, '17 September 1947', is centered in the lower portion of the note. |
| Reverse lettering | Coupon ini berlaku hanja di Daerah Djambi sebagai alat penukaran jang sjah buat sementara. Penukaran dengan wang Orips R. 100.- (Seratus rupiah) ditanggung oleh Pemerintah setiap waktu di Kas Negara Djambi.- Djambi, 17 September 1947. |
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Kas Negara issues from the regional treasuries of the Dutch East Indies' successor states are among the least-documented paper of the Indonesian revolutionary period. The Djambi emission of 1947 reflects the administrative fragmentation of that moment — with the Republic of Indonesia fighting to assert control against Dutch military pressure, individual residencies and provinces were printing their own emergency currency out of sheer necessity, often without access to proper printing facilities.
Djambi's output is genuinely scarce. Regional revolutionary notes from Sumatra in particular suffered high attrition: many were demonetized and destroyed as the Republic gradually consolidated its monetary administration through 1949 and into independence.