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5 Rupiah
| Issuer | Bank Indonesia |
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| Year | 1960 |
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| Value | 5 Rupiah |
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| Reverse description | A Balinese dancer in traditional ceremonial headdress and costume occupies the right portion of the note, rendered in fine intaglio engraving. The numeral '5' appears at upper left within a decorative guilloche panel, flanked by stylized mythological bird figures. The title 'LIMA RUPIAH' is inscribed across the top, and two serial numbers are printed in red at the lower portion of the note. |
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| Protection description | Watermark visible when held to light. |
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Bank Indonesia's 1960 5 Rupiah note belongs to a period of severe monetary instability under Sukarno's Guided Democracy, when deficit spending was accelerating inflation at a pace that made small-denomination notes functionally obsolete within years of issue. By 1965, a currency reform would lop three zeros off the rupiah, rendering the entire series void — a decision that effectively turned any unspent low-value notes into paper overnight.
Pick #3 is among the more elusive entries in this series. Surviving circulated examples often show pronounced horizontal fold wear along the center crease, a consistent trait attributable to how notes of this size were habitually folded and pocketed in daily trade.