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2 1/2 Rupiah Small change
| Issuer | Republic of Indonesia |
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| Year | 1961 |
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| Currency | Rupiah (1950-1965) |
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| Reverse description | A Balinese female dancer in traditional costume and headdress is rendered in intaglio at the right, shown in a devotional pose with hands pressed together in sembah. The central field carries a large underprint '2½' within a circular guilloche rosette over a fine scrollwork background. Denomination numerals appear in the lower left and upper right corners, flanked by ornamental batik-style panels, with the serial number printed twice along the lower margin. |
| Reverse lettering | REPUBLIK INDONESIA BARANGSIAPA MENIRU ATAU MEMALSUKAN UANG KERTAS DAN BARANGSIAPA MENGELUARKAN DENGAN SENGADJA ATAU MENJIMPAN UANG KERTAS TIRUAN ATAU UANG KERTAS JANG DIPALSUKAN AKAN DITUNTUT DIMUKA HAKIM |
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Indonesia's 1961 small-change notes were issued to address a chronic shortage of coin in circulation — low-denomination metal currency had effectively disappeared from everyday transactions as rising commodity prices made hoarding profitable. Paper fractional currency was the stopgap. The 2½ rupiah denomination reflects the old Dutch colonial monetary conventions that persisted well into the independence period, the half-rupiah unit surviving in official arithmetic long after it had any practical meaning at street level.
Pick lists two signature varieties for this type; the B suffix here denotes the second pairing.