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250 Roepiah Djepang (Japanese Rupiah)
| Issuer | Kas Negara di Bengkoeloe (Central Treasury of Bengkoeloe) |
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| Year | 1947 |
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| Value | 250 Roepiah Djepang |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed entirely in red on pale yellow paper and displays a large central guilloche panel bearing the numeral '250', flanked by two smaller side panels each also bearing '250'. A decorative border of repeated geometric ornaments frames the entire design. Above the central panel the denomination is spelled out as 'Doea ratoes lima' and below as 'poeloeh Roepiah'. |
| Reverse lettering | Doea ratoes lima 250 poeloeh Roepiah |
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This note belongs to the chaotic interlude between Japanese surrender and Dutch reoccupation, when local Republican administrations across Sumatra were scrambling to establish functioning monetary systems with almost no resources. The Kas Negara di Bengkoeloe — the local treasury of what is now Bengkulu province — printed its own emergency currency rather than rely on Japanese occupation scrip, which had collapsed in credibility, or Dutch colonial notes, which carried obvious political problems for a population that had just declared independence.
Printed locally in 1947, the production quality reflects the constraints: rudimentary presses, limited ink consistency, and paper sourced opportunistically. These regional Republican issues from Sumatra are genuinely scarce; most circulated hard in difficult conditions, and few administrations had the capacity or inclination to preserve specimens.