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Test Note - Gajah Mada
| Issuer | Perum Peruri (Percetakan Uang Republik Indonesia) |
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| Year | 2011 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse lettering | PERURI No Value Specimen SUMPAH PALAPA Sira Gajah Madapatih amangkubhumi tan ayun amuktia palapa, sira Gajah Mada: "Lamun huwus kalah nusantara isun amukti palapa, lamun kalah ring Gurun, ring Seran, Tanjungpura, ring Haru, ring Pahang, Dompo, ring Bali, Sunda, Palembang, Tumasik, samana isun amukti palapa". (Translation: [Finally] Gajah Mada became prime minister of Mangkubumi, [but] did not want to seize the palapa. Gajah Mada [swore], "If the archipelago has been conquered, [then] I will seize the palapa. If Gurun, Seram, Tanjungpura, Haru, Pahang, Dompo, Bali, Sunda, Palembang, Tumasik have been conquered, then I will seize the palapa.") |
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| Reverse lettering | PERURI No Value Specimen Majapahit Empire Nusantara Archipelago in XIV century |
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Perum Peruri — the state security printing works established in 1971 — produces test notes periodically for internal calibration and equipment trials rather than for any circulation purpose. These pieces are not legal tender and were never intended to be; they exist to verify ink adhesion, registration, and substrate performance on live production machinery.
The "Gajah Mada" designation references the 14th-century Majapahit prime minister whose name has been attached to several Indonesian institutional projects, here serving as a series identifier rather than a commemorative statement.
Test notes from Karawang rarely leave the facility through official channels.