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10 Rupiah
| Issuer | Residen (Residency), Djambi |
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| Year | 1947 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Single-color red letterpress coupon (Coupon Penukaran) with a divided layout: the left panel carries a large stylized 'R10' denomination numeral set against a wave and foliage vignette, with the serial number printed twice in black. The right panel bears the heading 'COUPON PENUKARAN' above the issuing authority inscription of Pemerintah Negara Republik Indonesia, a redemption text in Malay, and the large bold legend 'SEPULUH RUPIAH'. At the lower right, the issuer designation 'Residen N.R.I. Djambi' appears alongside a manuscript signature, with floral border ornaments framing the entire note. |
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| Reverse description | Printed in the same single red tone, the reverse is dominated by a large circular medallion bearing the 'R10' denomination at left, set beside a landscape vignette of cultivated fields with a stylized tree or pylon in the background, rendered in a bold woodcut-style impression. To the right, a text block cites the authority for issue under a decree of the Governor of Sumatra dated 25 November 1947, restricting validity to the Djambi Residency area, and closes with the date 'Djambi 27 Desember 1947'. A decorative border of repeated scroll ornaments frames the composition. |
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Djambi — now spelled Jambi — was a residency on the east coast of Sumatra, and like several other Indonesian residencies in the immediate post-independence period, it issued its own emergency paper money when central supply of currency collapsed under the chaos of the Dutch military actions and the ongoing independence struggle. These residency notes were provisional instruments, authorized locally and circulated within tight geographic boundaries.
Pick 266 is among the more obscure of the Sumatran residency issues. Documentation on exact print runs is thin, and surviving examples are genuinely rare — not because the notes were well-preserved, but because wartime circulation in tropical conditions was brutal on paper currency.