Catalog
5 Rupiah
| Issuer | Republik Indonesia, Propinsi Sumatera |
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| Year | 1947 |
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| Currency | Rupiah (1945-1950) |
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| Obverse lettering | REPOEBLIK INDONESIA PROPINSI SOEMATERA TANDA PEMBAJARAN JANG SAH LIMA ROEPIAH |
| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in olive-green and dominated by two large numeral 5 vignettes at left and right, each rendered within circular guilloche frames. A central rectangular panel carries a legal text inscription. The overall design is composed of fine guilloche latticework and floral underprint patterns filling the field, with the serial number printed in red at lower left and lower right. |
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Propinsi Sumatera issued this note under emergency wartime authority during the Dutch military actions — the period Indonesians call the Agresi Militer Belanda. The central republican government in Java was under severe pressure, and outlying administrations were empowered to issue their own currency to keep local economies functioning. These provincial emissions were never intended as permanent instruments.
Redemption and destruction rates were high after unification, and surviving examples in any condition are genuinely uncommon relative to the central government issues of the same period.