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10 Rupiah
| Issuer | Bank Indonesia |
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| Year | 1960 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Portrait of President Sukarno at left, in three-quarter view facing right, dressed in military uniform with cap; a sheaf of rice and the Garuda Pancasila coat of arms appear to his right. The Bank Indonesia monogram vignette occupies the right field within a guilloche rosette, flanked by floral and foliate ornamental borders. Two facsimile signatures appear below centre, captioned PD. GUBERNUR and DIREKTUR, with the denomination SEPULUH RUPIAH in large letters along the lower margin and the printer's imprint PERTJETAKAN KEBAJORAN at the foot. |
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| Reverse description | Two Balinese female dancers in traditional costume and headdress are shown at right, facing left in a posed stance. The left field carries the serial number repeated twice against a lightly tinted guilloche underprint, with ornamental Balinese-style border motifs in each corner. The denomination numeral 10 appears at lower left and upper right, with the inscription SEPULUH RUPIAH across the top margin and a cautionary anti-counterfeiting legend in Indonesian along the lower border. |
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Percetakan Kebayoran — the state printing works established in South Jakarta shortly after independence — handled the bulk of Indonesia's domestic note production through the 1950s and 1960s, and this 1960 issue is a straightforward product of that capacity. By this point the facility had accumulated nearly a decade of experience, though quality control remained inconsistent across the series; minor ink registration shifts are not uncommon on P#83 examples.
The watermark is the sole concession to security, which reflects both the printing house's technical limits and the relatively low face value in circulation.