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100 Rupiah ORI III
| Issuer | Republik Indonesia |
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| Year | 1947 |
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| Reference(s) | P#29 |
| Obverse description | Brown-red letterpress print on white paper. A portrait vignette of President Sukarno is positioned to the left, with the denomination spelled out in full at centre and the numeral value "100" to the right, the latter enclosed in a decorative frame surmounted by horn motifs. A dagger ornament appears at the lower right, flanked by guilloche-style border elements. |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBLIK INDONESIA SDA 1 TANDA PEMBAJARAN JANG SAH 100 SERATUS RUPIAH JOGJAKARTA 26 DJULI 1947 MENTERI KEUANGAN |
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ORI — Oeang Republik Indonesia — was the currency of a republic that existed more on paper than in territory. When this note was issued in 1947, the Dutch were pressing hard in what they euphemistically called "police actions," and the Republican government was printing money in Jogjakarta, one of the few major cities still under its control. The third series (ORI III) came out during that siege-economy period, produced entirely on domestic equipment without access to professional security printing facilities.
That domestic origin matters. These notes were not difficult to counterfeit, and the Dutch-backed authorities declared them illegal tender in occupied zones — which was most of Java's commercial centers.