Catalog
5 Rupiah
| Issuer | Republik Indonesia - Propinsi Sumatera Timur (Province of East Sumatra), Bukittinggi |
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| Year | 1948 |
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| Value | 5 Rupiah |
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| Obverse description | Green on pale ground, with the large numeral '5' at centre-right set against a rural vignette of a house flanked by palm trees. The denomination 'LIMA RUPIAH' is rendered in bold letterpress across the lower centre, with the inscription 'REPUBLIK INDONESIA / PROPINSI SUMATERA TIMUR' arching across the upper field. Two lines at foot read 'TANDA PEMBAJARAN JANG SAH' and 'BERLAKU BUAT DAERAH SUMATERA TIMUR', with the Governor's facsimile signature and date '12-I-1948' below the central vignette. |
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| Reverse lettering | Tanda pembajaran ini ditetapkan sah sebagai "Uang kertas" seperti tersebut dalam pasal IX sampai XIII dari undang-undang Presiden No.1 Th.1946 tentang peraturan hukum Pidana SOMATERA TIMUR |
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| Comments |
The Propinsi Sumatera Timur emergency issues of 1947–1948 were a direct response to the Dutch military offensives — the first "Politionele Actie" of July 1947 had severed the Republic's access to key revenue streams and disrupted central government financing out of Yogyakarta. Provincial authorities were authorized to issue their own currency as a stopgap, a practical necessity rather than any deliberate monetary decentralization.
Printed locally under wartime conditions, production quality across the Bukittinggi regional series is predictably inconsistent. Paper stock varies between surviving examples, and ink registration is often imprecise — features of the circumstances, not errors of intent.