Catalog
2.500 Roepiah
| Issuer | Kaboepaten Laboehan Batoe, Rantau Prapat |
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| Year | 1947 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Horizontally formatted emergency issue on pale cream paper, printed in red. The centre field carries three large numeral vignettes reading '2500', flanked left and right by rectangular panels. The main text block reads 'NEGARA REPOEBLIK INDONESIA / DOEA RIBOE LIMA / RATOES ROEPIAH' with issuing authority 'KABOEPATEN LABOEHAN BATOE / RANTAU PRAPAT' below. A circular official ink stamp of the N.R.I. (Negara Republik Indonesia) is applied at centre, with handwritten signatures of the Keuangan and A/n. Boepati Patih officials at bottom, dated 4/1-48. Serial number and station number appear in the lower left and upper corners. |
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| Obverse lettering | NEGARA REPOEBLIK INDONESIA DOEA RIBOE LIMA RATOES ROEPIAH KABOEPATEN LABOEHAN BATOE RANTAU PRAPAT Keuangan A/n. Boepati Patih 2500 S. XAB. No. St. No. 164 |
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Kaboepaten Laboehan Batoe was one of dozens of regional Indonesian authorities that printed their own emergency currency during the revolutionary period following the 1945 declaration of independence. The Dutch blockade had effectively cut off the new Republic's central supply lines, forcing regencies and municipalities to issue local scrip simply to keep trade moving. This 2,500 Roepiah note from Rantau Prapat — the administrative seat of Labuhan Batu in North Sumatra — was produced and redeemable locally, giving it essentially no circulation beyond the regency.
Printing facilities in these circumstances were rudimentary. Paper stock, ink quality, and typesetting varied dramatically even within a single series, which makes condition assessment genuinely complicated for this type.