Catalog
25.000 Rupiah
| Issuer | Republik Indonesia, Membang Muda, Sumatra |
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| Year | 1948 |
| Type | Pattern or trial banknote |
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| Obverse description | Primitive letterpress-printed emergency issue on plain paper, with a central landscape vignette of palm trees and water. The upper portion carries the BON header flanked by a serial number panel reading 'No 225423' and a series designation at upper left. The denomination '25000' appears in large numerals across the centre, beneath the legend 'NEGARA REP. INDONESIA' and a ribbon inscription reading 'DUA PULUH LIMA RIBU RUPIAH', with two signature panels in scrollwork banners at lower left and right and a central date oval reading 'MEMB. MUDA. 22. FEB. 1948'. |
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| Obverse lettering | BON SERIE S NEGARA REP. INDONESIA DUA PULUH LIMA RIBU RUPIAH 25000 MEMB. MUDA. 22. FEB. 1948 KEPALA KEUANGAN PEDANA KE... |
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Membang Muda was a small town in the Riau residency of Sumatra, and its appearance on emergency currency during the Indonesian National Revolution reflects how decentralized — and desperate — the young republic's finances had become by 1948. With Dutch forces conducting military actions under the guise of "police actions," the Republican government fragmented its note-issuing across dozens of local authorities to prevent any single Dutch seizure from collapsing the currency system entirely.
Local printing on whatever materials were available means paper quality and impression consistency vary sharply across surviving examples of this series.