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10 Rupiah Serang, Banten Residency
| Issuer | Residency of Banten (Residen Banten) |
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| Year | 1947 |
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| Reference(s) | P#S123 |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBLIK INDONESIA UANG KERTAS DARURAT UNTUK DAERAH BANTEN TANDA PEMBAJARAN JANG SAH SERANG, 15 DESEMBER 1947 RESIDEN BANTEN PANITIA KEUANGAN SEPULUH RUPIAH |
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| Reverse lettering | UNDANG² Barang siapa jang meniru atau memalsukan uang kertas Negara, atau dengan sengadia mengedarkan, menjimpan ataupun memasukkan kedaerah Republik Indonesia uang kertas tiruan atau palsu, dapat dihukum menurut Kitab Undang² Hukum Pidana pasal 244, 245 dan 249. 10 |
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One of dozens of regional emergency issues that proliferated across the Dutch East Indies during the Indonesian National Revolution, this note was produced locally in Serang — the administrative capital of the Banten residency — as the newly proclaimed Republic struggled to maintain a functioning monetary system against Dutch military and economic pressure. Central supply from Batavia or Yogyakarta was unreliable at best, and residencies often printed their own obligations simply to keep local commerce moving.
Banten had its own long history of resistance to outside authority, stretching back to the Dutch VOC period, which gave the residency's wartime administration a degree of autonomous character that shows up in its independent currency decisions. The paper and printing quality on these local issues varied considerably; Serang had no professional printing infrastructure, and it shows.