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25.000.000 Rupiah
| Issuer | Treasury, Rantau Prapat |
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| Year | 1948 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | A rudimentary emergency issue on plain paper, with the denomination '25 MILLION RUPIAH' printed in large bold letterpress across the centre, flanked by a rectangular border. The header area bears the inscriptions 'NEG. REP. INDONESIA' and a serial reference at upper right, with the issuing authority 'KABUPATEN LABORAN BATOS, RANTAU PRAPAT' stated in the mid-field. Date and authorization notations appear in the lower portion alongside two manuscript signatures, with a circular official stamp applied at right. |
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| Obverse lettering | S.N.F.2 AD NEG. REP. INDONESIA 25 MILLION RUPIAH F. 25.000.000.00 KABUPATEN LABORAN BATOS, RANTAU PRAPAT Kecamatan St 442 10/5 - 48 4/n. Bupati Wed. Dpb. |
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Rantau Prapat, a town in North Sumatra, became a provisional issuing point during the Dutch military actions of 1947–1948, when the Republic of Indonesia's central financial infrastructure was fractured and regional authorities resorted to their own emergency emissions. The Treasury notes from this area circulated in an extremely confined geographic zone under chaotic wartime conditions, and survival rates are low precisely because the paper quality was poor and the notes were discarded once federal authority was restored.
The denomination — 25 million rupiah — reflects the acute inflation gripping the republican-held territories during this period, not any stability in purchasing power.