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25 Rupiah
| Issuer | Propinsi Sumatera, Republik Indonesia |
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| Year | 1948 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBLIK INDONESIA PROPINSI SUMATERA DUA PULUH LIMA RUPIAH GUBERNUR SUMATERA REPUBLIK INDONESIA B.Tinggi 17 Jan. 1948 TANDAPEMBAJARAN JANG SAH |
| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in red-brown and dominated by an elaborate interlaced leafy guilloche pattern filling the entire field, with the numeral 25 at the top centre and the monogram NRI (Negara Republik Indonesia) within a cartouche at the foot. A central rectangular text panel carries a legal declaration in Indonesian referencing Presidential Regulation No. 1 of 1946. At the upper right corner, a small rectangular fiscal or inflation stamp of the Daerah Militer Istimewa Sumatera Selatan has been affixed. |
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Propinsi Sumatera issued its own currency during the Indonesian National Revolution because the blockade imposed by Dutch forces made it effectively impossible to supply the archipelago as a unified economic zone. These provincial notes weren't a bureaucratic curiosity — they were a direct response to the physical reality of a revolution fighting to keep itself funded while cut off from the main Republican administration in Java.
Printed locally under wartime conditions, production quality varies considerably across surviving examples. The S411 series is among the more commonly encountered of the Sumatran provincial issues, though notes that passed through active circulation show stress consistent with a region where paper money was both scarce and essential.