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2 1/2 Rupiah Djambi Residency
| Issuer | Residency of Djambi (Regional Government of the Republic of Indonesia) |
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| Year | 1947-1948 |
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| Reference(s) | P#S-264 |
| Obverse description | Yellow-ochre coupon printed in dark brown, with a large decorative numeral '2½' at left set against a bold floral and foliate vignette incorporating a prominent rosette bloom. The central text panel carries the issuing authority's guarantee legend in Indonesian, with the denomination 'Dua Setengah Rupiah' rendered in large display lettering. A handwritten signature appears below the denomination text, and a small numeral '2½' in a cartouche occupies the lower right corner; the entire field is framed by a decorative border of intertwined botanical motifs. |
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| Reverse lettering | Menurut ketetapan Residen Djambi tang- gal 20 Mei 1948 No 214 Coupon Penukaran ini hanja berlaku dalam Daerah Keresidenan Djambi sadja. Djambi, 20 Mei 1948 (Translation: According to the decree of the Resident of Djambi dated May 20, 1948 No. 214 this Exchange Coupon only applies within the Residency of Djambi. Djambi, 20 May 1948) |
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The Djambi Residency issues of 1947–1948 belong to the chaotic first years of Indonesian independence, when the central government in Yogyakarta had neither the infrastructure nor the security to supply paper currency reliably to outlying regions. Individual residencies — Djambi among them — were authorized or simply compelled to print their own emergency notes to keep local commerce moving during the Dutch military campaigns that were actively disrupting supply lines across Sumatra.
Locally produced, these notes were never intended to circulate beyond the residency boundaries, and most were withdrawn once central Republican currency became available. Survivors are scarce precisely because they were treated as disposable instruments from the start.