Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
2½ Rupiah
| Issuer | Republik Indonesia |
|---|---|
| Year | 1961 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | 2½ Rupiah (2.50) |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Size | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Printer | Log in to see details |
| Designer(s) | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Log in to see details |
|---|---|
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | Blue intaglio print with a fine guilloche underprint. A Balinese dancer in traditional costume and headdress stands at right in a devotional pose. The Garuda Pancasila coat of arms appears at left, with the large denomination numeral "2½" as a central watermark-area vignette. |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Signature(s) | Log in to see details |
| Protection type | Watermark |
| Protection description | Log in to see details |
| Variants | Log in to see details |
| Comments |
The P#R2 designation signals something the denomination alone doesn't — this note was part of Indonesia's regional currency experiment, a short-lived parallel issue circulated in specific outer island territories rather than nationally. Jakarta used these fractional rupiah denominations in part to address the chronic small-change shortage that plagued rural and island economies throughout the early 1960s, where coins rarely penetrated far from Java.
Regional issues of this period were produced in limited quantities and frequently worn to destruction in active use. Survivors in any condition are underrepresented in Western collections.