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1 Rupiah
| Issuer | Republic of Indonesia |
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| Year | 1960-1961 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse description | A vignette to the left portrays rice field workers harvesting in a paddy landscape, rendered in fine intaglio line work in dark green. The right half of the note carries an elaborate coral-red guilloche underprint with interlaced rosette patterns, against which the denomination "SATU RUPIAH" is printed in large dark letterpress. The date 1961 appears at the lower centre, with a manuscript signature above the title "MENTERI KEUANGAN" (Minister of Finance). |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBLIK INDONESIA TANDA PEMBAJARAN JANG SAH SATU RUPIAH MENTERI KEUANGAN 1961 (Translation: Republic of Indonesia, A valid/legal indication of payment, One Rupiah, Minister of Finance) |
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Indonesia's 1960–61 low-denomination paper issues were a direct response to chronic coin shortages that had plagued the republic since the late 1950s. The government effectively used small-format paper notes as coin substitutes — a pragmatic workaround that reflected the broader monetary instability of the Sukarno era, when inflation was beginning its steep climb toward the hyperinflationary collapse of the mid-1960s.
P#76 is part of a series that circulated heavily and survived poorly. The paper quality was modest to begin with, and notes passing through daily retail use in tropical humidity deteriorated quickly.