Catalog
1 Sen
| Issuer | Bank Indonesia |
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| Year | 1964 |
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| Size | 103 × 52 mm |
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| Reverse description | The field is divided between two large guilloche rosette compositions printed in teal on an orange underprint: a floral mandala pattern occupying the left two-thirds of the note, and a circular lathe-work medallion enclosing the numeral "1" positioned to the right. Denomination numerals "1" appear in teal at upper left and lower left flanking the rosette, with a serial number in black letterpress at upper center and the anti-counterfeiting legend in small text along the lower margin. |
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| Protection description | No watermark |
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| Comments |
The 1 Sen occupies the lowest practical denomination in Indonesia's 1964 paper currency program — a value so fractional that its purchasing power was essentially theoretical by the time the notes were printed. Inflation was already running severely under Sukarno's Guided Democracy period, and the Sen denominations were widely dismissed by the public before they ever reached meaningful circulation.
Percetakan Kebayoran handled the entire run domestically, one of the earlier series printed in-country rather than contracted abroad. The watermark is the sole security provision — appropriate for a denomination that counterfeiting would never justify.