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100 Rupiah
| Issuer | Pemerintah Revolusioner Republik Indonesia (PRRI) |
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| Year | 1959 |
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| Currency | Rupiah (1949-date) |
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| Obverse description | Brown monochrome note printed in letterpress, centred on a vignette of a traditional Minangkabau rumah gadang (curved peaked-roof longhouse) framed by palm trees at left centre, with a volcanic mountain rising in the right background. The denomination numeral '100' occupies the upper corners, while the legend 'SERATUS RUPIAH' appears in bold lettering beneath a guilloche border panel, with 'SEPTEMBER 1959' at lower left and a facsimile signature above the title 'MENTERI KEUANGAN P.R.R.I.' at lower right. The full issuer inscription 'PEMERINTAH REVOLUSIONER REPUBLIK INDONESIA' runs across the top margin. |
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| Reverse description | Brown monochrome reverse composed of radiating line underprint and ornate geometric guilloche borders surrounding a central oval panel reserved for the serial number. The abbreviated issuer monogram 'PRRI' appears at top centre within a bordered cartouche, and the numeral '100' is repeated within decorated frames at both left and right margins. |
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The PRRI — Pemerintah Revolusioner Republik Indonesia — was not a separatist fringe movement but a rival government, declared in February 1958 in Bukittinggi, West Sumatra, by senior military and civilian figures who had broken with Sukarno's Jakarta administration. Sjafruddin Prawiranegara, who signed this note, had previously served as governor of Bank Indonesia and was the man who ran the emergency Republican government during the Dutch military actions of 1948–49 — his signature carries real institutional weight.
Notes were printed locally under wartime conditions, with the PRRI controlling significant territory across Sumatra and Sulawesi before Indonesian Army operations progressively collapsed the rebellion by mid-1958. Most surviving examples show circulation wear consistent with a short active period under difficult field conditions.
The rebellion was formally over by 1961, its currency never recognized beyond the territory it briefly controlled.