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10 Rupiah ORI II
| Issuer | Republic of Indonesia |
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| Year | 1947 |
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| Value | 10 Rupiah |
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| Obverse description | Blue-black letterpress print on white paper. A portrait vignette of President Sukarno is positioned to the left, accompanied by a landscape vignette of a volcano and forested scene to the right. The central inscription 'SEPULUH RUPIAH' is flanked by the issuing authority legend and date, with all text rendered in the same monochrome ink. |
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| Reverse description | Brown letterpress print. The central field carries a block of legal tender text, bordered on each side by repeated denomination numerals and lettering. A decorative guilloche border in the same brown tone frames the entire composition. |
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ORI II — the second series of Oeang Republik Indonesia — was produced entirely within the republic's own territory during the Dutch military actions that had already severed Indonesia's access to established overseas printers. The 10 Rupiah was printed in Yogyakarta, which served as the de facto capital of the republic after the Dutch reoccupied Batavia in 1945. Domestic production under blockade conditions meant crude paper stocks, inconsistent inking, and limited security features — all deliberate tradeoffs made to keep currency flowing through republican-held areas.
Surviving notes from this series frequently show foxing and brittleness attributable to the low-grade wartime paper rather than to circulation wear.