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50 Sen
| Issuer | Keresidenan Atjeh (Residency of Aceh) |
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| Year | 1947 |
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| Currency | Rupiah (1945-date) |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBLIK INDONESIA KERESIDENAN ATJEH LIMA PULUH SEN Tanda pembajaran jang sah buat sementara, akan ditukar dengan mata wang Rep. Indonesia Prop. Sum-atra, sesudah mendapat ketatapan dan Gubernur Prop. Sumatera. Diterima oleh Perwakilan Bank Negara Indonesia dan segala Kas Negara di Keresidenan Atjeh. Png. Oesing Negara Keresidenan Atjeh Residen Atjeh Perw. Bank Negara Koetaradja Koetaradja, 15 September 1947 BE No 14272 |
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| Reverse lettering | 50 SEN Tanda pembajaran ini dianggap sah sebagai 'wang kertas' seperti tersebut dalam pasal IX sampai XLII dari undang2 Presiden No. 1 th. 1946 tentang peraturan hukum pidana. |
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The Residency of Aceh issued these emergency fractional notes in 1947 during the Indonesian National Revolution, when the newly proclaimed Republic was fighting Dutch attempts to reassert colonial control. Regional residencies across the archipelago were forced to produce their own scrip as centralized monetary infrastructure collapsed — Aceh, geographically isolated at the northern tip of Sumatra, was no exception.
Printed locally in Koetaradja with whatever materials were available, the notes were never intended for longevity. Survival rates are low, and examples that did persist often show handling damage consistent with wartime pocket wear.