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250.000 Rupiah
| Issuer | Membang Muda, Sumatra (Emergency Issue) |
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| Year | 1948 |
| Type | Pattern or trial banknote |
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| Obverse description | A locally produced emergency-issue note printed entirely in green ink, with the large numeral value '250000' displayed centrally within an ornate guilloche-style roundel. The upper portion carries the inscription 'SERIE: A' and 'BON' within a decorative border, while a circular official stamp at upper left reads 'M. MODA 15. FEB. 1948' with additional Jawi script. The legend 'WEDANA' appears at lower right, with the inscription 'PERBENDAHARAAN' ('Treasury') at lower left. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in green ink and shows the obverse design in mirror impression, typical of locally hand-pressed emergency notes. A large circular official stamp is applied centrally, reading 'WEDANA NOEAL...' with further Jawi or Latin script around the perimeter and a central device, serving as an authentication seal. The overall surface retains the guilloche underprint pattern visible through the thin paper stock. |
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Membang Muda was one of several regional Republican administrations on Sumatra issuing emergency currency during the Indonesian National Revolution, when the Dutch blockade had effectively severed central supply lines and the new Republic's financial infrastructure was still improvised. These regional issues were produced with whatever printing resources were locally available, which is why the quality varies so dramatically across the series.
The official stamp was the primary — sometimes the only — authentication device, applied by hand to distinguish authorized notes from forgeries. Unstamped examples exist and are worth considerably less. P#319K places this within a large documented cluster of Sumatran emergency issues catalogued by Pick, though the regional attribution to Membang Muda specifically is based on the stamp type rather than the printed text.