Catalog
25 Rupiah 'Sudirman' issue
| Issuer | Bank Indonesia |
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| Year | 1968 |
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| Currency | Rupiah (1965-date) |
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| Reverse description | Central vignette of the Ampera lift bridge spanning the Musi River at Palembang, executed in letterpress in brown and green tones, set within an oval frame against a peach guilloche ground. A traditional dugout canoe is visible on the river below the bridge structure. Denomination numerals '25' appear in guilloche rosettes at the lower left and lower right, with a decorative batik-style panel at centre left. |
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| Protection description | Coat of Arms of Indonesia. |
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Pertjetakan Kebajoran was Indonesia's own state printing works, and by 1968 it had been producing banknotes for the republic for over fifteen years — a deliberate policy choice rooted in the early Sukarno government's insistence on domestic production capacity as a marker of genuine independence from former colonial printers. The engraver M. Sadjiroen was among the Indonesian craftsmen trained specifically to staff that facility.
The 1968 issue came in the immediate aftermath of the catastrophic hyperinflation that had consumed the previous rupiah series, with the 1965 monetary crisis requiring a full redenomination at 1,000-to-1. This 25 Rupiah note was part of the stabilization package under the new Suharto-era economic order, though low-denomination notes of this series typically saw hard use and survive in fine condition only rarely.