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Indonesia
 
    
 

 

Country overview

 

 

Republik Indonesia

Capital Jakarta
Population (millions) 242.0
Area (sq km) 1,919,440
GDP per capita (USD PPP) 3,500

 

 

Polymer overview

 

 

Country ranking 6th All varieties 5
Year of the first polymer issue 1993 Proof 1
Number of polymer issues 2 Specimen 2
Current status Paper Regular 2
New polymer issues expected? No Replacement 0

 

 

General information

 

 

 

Central Bank of Republic of Indonesia

Bank Indonesia (Bahasa Indonesia)

 

 

 

 

Governor
(Gubernur)
Director
(Direktur)

A. Mooy

Hasudungan Tampubolon

Syahril Sabirin

Iwan R. Prawiranata
 

 

Bank notes

 

COUNTRY S CURRENCY DENOMINATION SIZE PICK PRINTER POLYMER
Indonesia 1 Rupiah 50,000 153x77 P134 NPA Guardian®

S DATE_1 DATE_2 SIGNATORY DESCRIPTION QUANTITY PRICE PICS
1S1 1993 not given Mooy-Tampubolon . no data not given F  B
1R1 1993 1993 Mooy-Tampubolon no data €26.00
F  B
 

Issued on 01.03.93. Withdrawn from circulation on 21.08.00. Although the notes ceased to be legal tender, they can be redeemed through commercial banks until 20.08.05 and through Bank Indonesia until 20.08.10, at which point they will be demonetised.

 

It should be noted that the OVDs on a large number of notes have been poorly manufacturedsuch OVDs exhibit numerous tiny holes in the silver foil and along the foil edge.

 

 

Indonesia, 50,000 Rupiah, issued in 1993. This bank note was issued to commemorate the 25 years of the Indonesian development, i.e., the success of the first long-term 25-year development period, beginning in 1969 and ending in 1994. Front: President Soeharto (resigned in 1988) as the Father of Indonesian Development with the representation of various sectoral developments (culture, agriculture, infrastructure, education, chemical industry) in the background. Back: Soekarno-Hatta International Airport and a Garuda Indonesia Boeing 747-400 airplane taking off, illustrating that the Indonesian development is entering the process of take-off.

 

[Description below from the issue folder.]

 

The First Long Term 25-Year Development Period, beginning April 1, 1969 and ending March, 1994, has produced remarkable achievements in many sectors. To commemorate this success, the Bank Indonesia is issuing a limited number of Rp 50,000 plastic bank notes with the theme '25 YEARS OF INDONESIAN DEVELOPMENT'. This note is the first plastic bank note issued in Indonesia and shall be legal tender.

 

On the front side of the bank note appears the portrait of President Soeharto as the Father of Indonesian Development with the representation of various sectoral developments in the background. On the reverse side is a picture of the Soekarno-Hatta International Airport and a Garuda Indonesia airplane taking off, illustrating that the Indonesian development is entering the process of take-off.

 

COUNTRY S CURRENCY DENOMINATION SIZE PICK PRINTER POLYMER
Indonesia 2 Rupiah 100,000 151x65 P140 NPA, NPW Guardian®

S DATE_1 DATE_2 SIGNATORY DESCRIPTION QUANTITY PRICE PICS
2P1 1999 not given Sabirin-Prawiranata printed by NPW; s/n 000000; various prefixes no data €400.00 F  B
image from K.H. Boon
2S1  1999  not given Sabirin-Prawiranata . no data not given F  B
images from WPB
2R1 1999 1999 Sabirin-Prawiranata 500,000,000* €30.00 F  B
 

Issued on 01.11.99.

 

Bank Indonesia issued Rp 100,000 plastic notes in anticipation of an increased demand demand for cash as a result of worries about the Year 2000 computer bug. According to the Bank Indonesia’s deputy governor Aulia Pohan’s 1999 statement, the central bank would print up to Rp 50 trillion value of the new Rp 100,000 notes before the new year. Pohan also said the new Rupiah bank notes would be made of polymer substrate plastic, adding the material would last for about six years and help prevent counterfeiting.

 

 

S2R1a has been printed by NPA. S2R1b has been printed by NPW and the first serial number prefix for this issue is APA. There are no visible differences between the two issues.

 

 

Genuine specimen notes have zero serial numbers. There are counterfeited 'specimen' notes on the market that are handstamped 'SPECIMEN TIDAK BERLAKU' in red ink. These notes have regular (circulating) serial numbers and are worthless (save the face value).

  

 

Indonesia, 100,000 Rupiah, issued in 1999. This bank note was one of the key measures for the preparation for the Millennium Bug. The Bank of Indonesia wanted to accumulate a stock of bank notes in the event the computer systems crashed. 500 million notes have been printed. Front: Indonesia's founding President Soekarno and Vice-President Mohammad Hatta. Soekarno's portrait, first appearing on Indonesian bank notes in 1950, was removed after Soeharto seized power in 1965 and was reintroduced on this note. The text from the Indonesia's 1945 independence proclamation in the centre. Back: The House of Representatives building.

 

 

Bank Indonesia issues plastic money Rp. 100,000

 

 

Indonesia to issue new bank note with Sukarno image

 

 

 

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