5 Rupiah

Issuer	Republik Indonesia, Governor of Bukittinggi, Sumatra
Year	1947
Type	Standard circulation banknote
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Obverse description	Blue-green note with a portrait vignette of a Sumatran male figure in traditional dress at left, flanked by decorative border elements including a palm tree at right and a Sumatran traditional building in the lower centre. The large denomination legend LIMA RUPIAH is printed in bold letterpress across the centre field, with REPUBLIK INDONESIA arching along the top border. The lower margin carries the inscriptions TANDA PEMBAJARAN JANG SAH and PROPINSI SUMATERA, with the numeral 5 repeated in each corner.
Obverse lettering	REPUBLIK INDONESIA LIMA RUPIAH TANDA PEMBAJARAN JANG SAH PROPINSI SUMATERA 5
Reverse description	Blue-green reverse dominated by a central landscape vignette of a Sumatran rural scene with traditional Minangkabau roofed structures, fields, and a volcano in the background, framed by elaborate guilloche scroll borders. A large numeral 5 underprint occupies the centre field, flanked by the denomination words LIMA and RUPIAH in vertical orientation at left and right respectively. A central text block in Indonesian cites the legal tender authority referencing Presidential Regulation No. 1 of 1946.
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