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1/2 Rupiah
| Issuer | Kas Negara (Central Treasury), Djambi |
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| Year | 1947 |
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| Currency | Rupiah (1946-date) |
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| Obverse description | Cream paper with red letterpress printing throughout. The heading COUPON PENUKARAN is set in large bold type at the top, beneath a text panel carrying the guarantee inscription of the Pemerintah Negara Republik Indonesia Daerah Djambi. The denomination SETENGAH RUPIAH appears in large type on both flanks of a central cartouche bearing the numeral 1/2, with manuscript serial numbers at the upper corners and two manuscript signatures below — those of the Residen N.R.I. Djambi at lower left and the Komisi Keuangan at lower right. |
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| Reverse lettering | Coupon ini berlaku hanja di Daerah Djambi sebagai alat Penukaran jang sjah buat sementara. Penukaran dengan wang Orips R. 100.- (Seratus rupiah) dan R. 25.- (Dua puluh lima rupiah) ditanggung oleh Pemerintah setiap waktu di Kas Negara Djambi. DJAMBI, 24 OCTOBER 1947. |
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| Comments |
Kas Negara Djambi emergency issues of 1947 belong to a chaotic period of Indonesian revolutionary finance, when the newly proclaimed Republic struggled to maintain any coherent monetary system against Dutch military pressure. Djambi — the South Sumatran residency — printed its own fractional notes locally because supply lines to the Republican treasury in Java were effectively severed during the first Dutch "Police Action" launched that July.
The S-prefix in the Pick reference signals a regional or provisional issue rather than a central government note. Locally produced paper and rudimentary printing equipment mean quality and ink consistency vary considerably across surviving examples — this is a known characteristic of the series, not individual wear.