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10 Rupiah
| Issuer | Bank Negara Indonesia, Propinsi Soematera |
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| Year | 1947 |
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| Value | 10 Rupiah |
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| Obverse lettering | REPOEBLIK INDONESIA PROPINSI SOEMATERA TANDA PEMBAJARAN JANG SAH SEPOELOEH ROEPIAH DIREKTOER BANK NEGARA INDONESIA PEM. SIANTAR KEPALA DJABATAN KEOANGAN PROPINSI SOEMATERA DITERIMA SEBAGAI PEMBAJARAN OLEH BANK NEGARA INDONESIA DI PEM. SIANTAR DAN PADA SEGALA KAS NEGARA OENTOEK DITOEKAR DENGAN MATA OEANG REPOEBLIK INDONESIA. SESOE DAH RASMI DIKELOEARKAN DI SOEMATRA P. SIANTAR, 21 MAART 1947 |
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| Reverse lettering | TANDA PEMBAJARAN INI DI ANGGAP SAH SEBAGAI "OEANG KERTAS" SEPERTI TERSEBOET DALAM FASAL IX SAMPAI XIII DARI OENDANGI PRESIDEN NO 1 TH. 1946 TENTANG PERATOERAN HOEKOEM PIDANA |
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Bank Negara Indonesia's Sumatran branch issues occupy a strange corner of Indonesian revolutionary finance. During the independence struggle against the Dutch, the Republican government couldn't maintain centralized monetary control across the archipelago, so regional branches were authorized to issue their own currency. The Sumatran notes of 1947 circulated in genuinely contested territory — Dutch military actions (the first "Police Action" launched in July 1947) disrupted supply lines and made uniform currency distribution across the island practically impossible.
Survival rates for this series are uneven. Notes that circulated in interior regions away from Dutch-controlled coastal zones often suffered worse physical damage than those in urban areas, where hoarding began almost immediately once the military situation deteriorated.