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25 Rupiah Serang, Banten Residency
| Issuer | Banten Residency (Residen Banten) |
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| Year | 1947 |
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| Value | 25 Rupiah |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBLIK INDONESIA UANG KERTAS DARURAT UNTUK DAERAH BANTEN TANDA PEMBAJARAN JANG SAH 25 DUA PULUH LIMA RUPIAH SERANG, 15 DESEMBER 1947 PANITIA KEUANGAN RESIDEN BANTEN |
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| Reverse lettering | UNDANG² Barang siapa jang meniru atau memalsu uang kertas Negara, atau dengan sengadja mengedar- kan, menjimpan ataupun mema- sukkan kedaerah Republik Indo- nesia uang kertas tiruan atau palsu, dapat dihukum menurut Kitab Undang2 Hukum Pidana pasal 244, 245 dan 249. |
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One of dozens of local emergency currencies issued across the Indonesian archipelago during the revolutionary period — when the newly proclaimed Republic faced a Dutch blockade, chronic paper shortages, and no functioning central bank capable of supplying remote residencies. Banten's administration printed its own scrip out of practical necessity, not monetary ambition.
These provincial issues were typically produced on whatever paper and equipment local government offices had on hand, which accounts for the wide variation in print quality seen across surviving examples. Banten had a reputation for fierce anti-colonial sentiment dating back to the 1888 revolt, and the residency was quick to assert its own administrative structures during the revolution.