Catalog
1 Rupiah
| Issuer | Republic of Indonesia |
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| Year | 1963 |
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| Size | 122 × 61 mm |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBLIK INDONESIA SATU RUPIAH MENTERI KEUANGAN IRIAN BARAT |
| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in red and carries a central vignette of two classical female figures in traditional attire flanking a decorative motif, rendered in an art nouveau-influenced style. REPUBLIK INDONESIA is inscribed across the top, with the numeral 1 in each upper corner. Serial numbers appear in the lower left and lower right margins. |
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Pick R1 belongs to a distinct regional subseries: the "R" prefix in the Pick catalog denotes notes issued specifically for Riau Archipelago, a group of islands off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula where the Indonesian government introduced regionally restricted currency in the early 1960s to combat smuggling and cross-border currency arbitrage with Malaya and Singapore.
The Riau rupiah circulated at par with the standard rupiah but was not legal tender on the Indonesian mainland — a deliberate policy to prevent currency outflows through the porous island borders. The series was withdrawn in 1964 when the regional currency experiment was abandoned.