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50.000 Roepiah
| Issuer | Kabupaten Laboehan Batoe, Rantau Prapat |
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| Year | 1948 |
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| Currency | Rupiah (1945-date) |
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| Obverse description | An emergency issue produced on ruled lined paper, with a handwritten or stencilled denomination numeral '50000' applied via rubber stamp in blue ink at centre, surrounded by a rectangular border. To the left, a hand-drawn vignette of tropical foliage is visible, while the upper portion carries a letterpress inscription reading 'NEGARA REPOEBLIA INDONESIA' with the date 'Maret 9 1948'. An official circular rubber stamp of the Kabupaten Laboehan Batoe is impressed at right, alongside a handwritten serial number and manuscript signatures at lower centre. |
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| Obverse lettering | NEGARA REPOEBLIA INDONESIA Maret 9 1948 LIMA POLLOCH RIBOE ROEPIAH KABOEPATEN LABOEHAN BATOE RANTAU PRAPAT Keoesangan An. Bopati Sedang Secretaris Stencil 03789 |
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One of the more striking examples of emergency currency issued during the Indonesian National Revolution, this note was produced by the Labuhan Batu regency administration in Rantau Prapat using whatever materials were at hand — in this case, ruled notebook paper. The Republican government had encouraged local authorities to issue their own currency to keep regional economies functioning as Dutch forces blockaded and disrupted central supply lines.
The lined substrate is not a curiosity but a necessity. Printing infrastructure in the interior of Sumatra in 1948 was essentially nonexistent at the administrative level.