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100 Rupiah ORI III
| Issuer | Republik Indonesia |
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| Year | 1947 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse lettering | 100 REPUBLIK INDONESIA 100 TANDA PEMBAJARAN JANG SAH 100 SERATUS RUPIAH JOGJAKARTA 26 DJULI 1947 MENTERI KEUANGAN 100 100 |
| Reverse description | Brown monochrome letterpress print. The word UNDANG-UNDANG heads a central text block containing the legal tender law inscription, flanked on the left by a tall ornamental panel with the numeral 100 above the word RUPIAH, and on the right by two circular rosette cartouches each bearing the numeral 100, with the text SERATUS RUPIAH alongside. The entire design is enclosed within a fine guilloche decorative border. |
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ORI — Oeang Repoeblik Indonesia — was the currency of a republic that did not yet control its own territory. Issued during the Indonesian National Revolution while Dutch forces were actively attempting to reassert colonial authority, these notes were printed under genuinely difficult conditions in Jogjakarta, which served as the revolutionary capital after the fall of Batavia. The "III" designation places this within the third series of ORI issues, a sequence driven by practical necessity rather than monetary planning.
Domestic printing under wartime conditions means quality and consistency vary considerably across surviving examples. Paper supply was constrained, and production was not centralized in the way a stable government mint would operate.