Catalog
10.000 Roepiah
| Issuer | Kabupaten Labuhan Batu, Rantau Prapat |
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| Year | 1948 |
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| Value | 10.000 Roepiah |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in blue on plain paper and carries a large central numeral vignette reading '10000' within an oval guilloche frame, flanked by circular rosette underprint elements at the corners. The upper legend reads 'NEGARA REPOEBLIK INDONESIA', with 'SEPOELOEH' at left and 'RIBOE ROEPIAH' at right, while the lower portion bears the issuing authority inscription 'KABDEPATEN LABDEAN BATOE / RANTAU PRAPAT' above two manuscript signatures with their respective titles. A serial number appears in the upper right corner and a date stamp of '17/2-1948' is visible at lower right. |
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| Reverse lettering | C.J.A. |
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Kabupaten Labuhan Batu was one of dozens of Indonesian regional administrations that issued emergency currency during the Indonesian National Revolution, when the fledgling Republic struggled to maintain a functioning monetary system against Dutch military pressure. These kabupaten-level notes filled a genuine void — central supply lines were disrupted, and local populations needed something to trade with.
P#367A is among the higher denominations in this regional emergency series, which itself signals the inflationary pressures already grinding through the revolutionary economy by 1948. Locally printed in Rantau Prapat under improvised conditions, production quality varies considerably across surviving examples.