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25 Rupiah ORI III
| Issuer | Republik Indonesia |
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| Year | 1947 |
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| Currency | Rupiah (1945-1950) |
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| Obverse lettering | 25 REPUBLIK INDONESIA 25 TANDA PEMBAJARAN JANG SAH 25 DUA PULUH LIMA RUPIAH |
| Reverse description | Green letterpress print with a central vignette of a water buffalo set against a forest background; the statutory legal text is positioned to the left of the central design, while the denomination value appears to the right. |
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ORI — Oeang Republik Indonesia — was the currency issued by the fledgling republic to assert financial independence from Dutch colonial monetary structures. The third series, ORI III, appeared in 1947 during an extraordinarily precarious moment: Dutch military forces were conducting the first "Politionele Actie" and controlled significant portions of Java. Republican territory was fragmented, and distribution of currency through those zones was genuinely dangerous work, often carried out clandestinely.
Printing domestically under blockade conditions meant quality control was inconsistent across the series. Paper stock varied between print runs, and minor typographic irregularities are common enough that they attract little collector premium.