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1 Rupiah
| Issuer | Republik Indonesia - Sub Propinsi Sumatera Selatan (Sub-Province of South Sumatra), Bukittinggi |
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| Year | 1948 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Printed in green ink, the obverse carries the large numeral "1" at center against a rising sun vignette with radiating rays, flanked by palm tree motifs at left and right. The inscription "SATU RUPIAH" appears in bold letterpress below the central vignette, with the authority text "BERLAKU UNTUK SUB PROPINSI SUMATERA SELATAN" across the upper portion beneath the header "REPUBLIK INDONESIA / TANDA PEMBAJARAN JANG SAH". The serial number, place and date "BUKITTINGGI, 1.1.1948" are printed below, along with the manuscript signature of the Governor of Sumatra. |
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| Protection description | Dense wave-pattern guilloche underprint covering the entire reverse field, providing a basic level of anti-counterfeiting protection. |
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One of the more obscure emergency issues to come out of the Indonesian National Revolution, this note was authorized not by the central republic in Yogyakarta but by the Sub-Province of South Sumatra operating out of Bukittinggi — a city that was itself the seat of the Emergency Government of the Republic of Indonesia (PDRI) during the Dutch "Police Action" of late 1948. The political geography here matters: Bukittinggi in West Sumatra was issuing currency ostensibly for South Sumatra, a jurisdictional anomaly produced entirely by wartime dislocation.
Locally printed under blockade conditions, the guilloche underprint represents a genuine attempt at rudimentary security rather than a formality — counterfeit suppression was a real operational concern when Dutch forces were actively destabilizing the republican monetary system.