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1 Rupiah

Issuer Bank Indonesia
Year 1970
Type Standard circulation coin
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Obverse script Latin
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Reverse lettering Rp1
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Indonesia's aluminium small denominations of this period were struck as the country clawed back economic stability following the catastrophic hyperinflation of the Sukarno years, when prices had risen over 600% annually by 1965. The transition to Suharto's New Order government brought a sweeping monetary reform program — the rupiah was redenominated in 1965 at 1000:1 before these coins ever entered production.

Aluminium was chosen specifically to keep intrinsic metal value well below face value, a lesson learned painfully from earlier issues that disappeared from circulation the moment their composition became worth more than their denomination.

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