Catalog
50 Roepiah (Japan)
| Issuer | Kerapatan Nagari Lima Poeloch, West Sumatra |
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| Year | 1947 |
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| Currency | Roepiah (1945-1949) |
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| Obverse description | Handwritten and hand-stamped emergency provisional note printed in red ink on plain paper. The centre bears the handwritten text 'Bon Sementara' (temporary voucher) above 'Dalam Ktj: Lima Poeloch' and 'Lima Poeloch Roepiah (Japan)', with Chinese characters below. Two heart-shaped vignettes flank the central text, with the denomination numeral '50' at upper right and lower right. The date '1-9-1947' appears at the top, and two serial numbers 'No. SD. 0367' are inscribed at the base alongside manuscript signatures. |
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| Obverse lettering | Bon Sementara Dalam Ktj: Lima Poeloch Lima Poeloch Roepiah (Japan) 伍拾 第心鴻茶日 QDPR. Kel. Ach. A/t Tjamat L.P. Goeroe Pesahat No. SD. 0367 |
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Kerapatan Nagari Lima Poeloch was a village council authority in the Minangkabau region of West Sumatra — not a bank, not a government treasury. Its decision to issue emergency currency in 1947 reflects the chaotic monetary fragmentation of the Indonesian National Revolution, when Dutch military pressure (the "Politionele Acties" were imminent) forced local bodies across the archipelago to paper over severe coin and note shortages with whatever printing capacity they had.
The S-prefix in the Pick reference places this firmly in the Indonesian emergency/guerrilla issue category. Few Nagari-level issues from this period survived in quantity; most circulated hard and were retired or simply discarded once Republican currency stabilized in the region.