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2 1/2 Rupiah 'Sudirman' issue
| Issuer | Bank Indonesia |
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| Year | 1968 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Intaglio portrait of General Sudirman in three-quarter view at left, rendered against a fine guilloche underprint in red and blue. At centre, the denomination DUA SETENGAH RUPIAH and date 1968 appear in bold letterpress, flanked by two facsimile signatures below the title DIREKSI, with designations GUBERNUR and DIREKTUR. At right, a detailed vignette of the Indonesian coat of arms (Garuda Pancasila shield) set within an ornate oval guilloche border. |
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| Reverse lettering | 2 1/2 BANK INDONESIA 2 1/2 2 1/2 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 (Translation: 2 1/2 Bank Indonesia 2 1/2 2 1/2 Whoever copied or counterfeited banknotes and whoever intentionally distributed or stored copied or counterfeited banknotes will be prosecuted before a judge) |
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Pertjetakan Kebajoran was a rare case of a newly independent nation printing its own currency entirely in-house — no De La Rue, no Bradbury Wilkinson, no American Bank Note Company. By the late 1960s the facility had over a decade of domestic printing experience, though output quality remained inconsistent across the series.
The 2½ Rupiah denomination itself reflects the old Dutch colonial arithmetic still embedded in Indonesian monetary habit, a fraction that made diminishing economic sense as inflation steadily eroded small-denomination purchasing power through the Suharto years.