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100 Rupiah

Issuer Bank Indonesia
Year 1960
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Reference(s) P#S711
Obverse description Green intaglio print on a guilloche underprint. Portrait of President Dr. Ir. Soekarno to the left, Bank Indonesia logo to the right, and the Indonesian coat of arms at centre. Denomination and issuing authority inscribed in Bahasa Indonesia with regional overprint IRIAN BARAT.
Obverse lettering 100 BANK INDONESIA
1960
IRIAN BARAT BI
SERATUS RUPIAH
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Comments

Pick S711 is a regional emergency issue, not a standard Bank Indonesia series note. The "S" prefix in the Pick catalogue denotes a sub-national or locally authorized instrument — in Indonesia's case, these regional issues emerged from the chaotic monetary fragmentation of the late 1950s, when central authority over currency circulation was genuinely contested in parts of the outer islands.

The 1960 date places it just after Sukarno's declaration of Guided Democracy and the accompanying push to reassert Jakarta's financial control over rebellious regions. Whether this note circulated freely or was administratively suppressed varies by locality — documentation is thin.

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