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2½ Rupiah Bukitinggi; Sumatera Province
| Issuer | Propinsi Sumatera, Republik Indonesia |
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| Year | 1947 |
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| In circulation to | Yes |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBLIK INDONESIA PROPINSI SUMATERA DUA RUPIAH SETENGAH Diterima sebagai pembajaran oleh segala Bank Negara Indonesia dan Kas Negara diseluruh Sum. untuk ditukar dgn mata uang R.I. sesudah rasmi dikeluarkan di Sumatera GUBERNUR SUMATERA REPUBLIK INDONESIA TANDA PEMBAJARAN JANG SAH B. TINGGI 17 DESI 1947 AnM 06843 |
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| Reverse lettering | 2½ 2½ Tanda pembajaran ini dianggap sah sebagai "Uang kertas" seperti tersebut dalam pasal IX sampai XIII dari undang2 Presiden No.1 th. 1946 tentang peraturan hukum Pidana. |
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The Propinsi Sumatera emergency issues of 1947 were produced under conditions of active Dutch military pressure — the first "Police Action" began in July of that year, and the Republican administration on Sumatra was operating with severely disrupted supply lines and no reliable access to the central government's printing facilities in Java. Bukitinggi, high in the Minangkabau highlands, served as the de facto Republican capital of Sumatra throughout the independence struggle, which is why the city's name appears as the place of issue.
The fractional 2½ Rupiah denomination reflects real purchasing-power conditions at street level, not a bureaucratic quirk.