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25 Rupiah
| Issuer | Provinsi Sumatera (Republic of Indonesia) |
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| Year | 1947 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Green letterpress note divided into two mirrored panels, each carrying the numeral '25' at upper left and the denomination 'DUA PULUH LIMARUPIAH' in bold block lettering below. A central vignette presents a bust portrait of President Sukarno in uniform and peci cap, set within an ornate frame of guilloche-style scrollwork. The header reads 'REPUBLIK INDONESIA' across the top, with 'PROPINSI' at left and 'SUMATERA' at right, and the legend 'TANDA PEMBAJARAN JANG SAH' runs along the lower margin. |
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| Reverse description | Green letterpress reverse with a large bold numeral '25' set within a heavily ornamented guilloche border at left, accompanied by the denomination 'DUA PULUH. LIMARUPIAH' below it. The central field is dominated by an oval panel of swirling foliate scrollwork enclosing a text block of legal-tender regulations in Indonesian. The overall design relies on intricate line-work and vine-scroll patterning to fill the background. |
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Provinsi Sumatera issued its own notes in 1947 because the Dutch naval blockade was strangling the flow of currency from Java, leaving the Republican-controlled interior of Sumatra effectively cut off from the central Bank of Indonesia. These provincial emissions were a practical workaround, not an ideological statement — the Republic needed something its population could use to conduct trade while the revolution was still being fought.
The S-prefix in the Pick reference flags it as a local or provisional issue rather than a nationally circulated note. Surviving examples tend to show heavy handling; wartime Sumatra was not a place where banknotes were carefully stored.