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2 1/2 Roepiah/Gulden
| Issuer | De Javasche Bank |
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| Year | 1948 |
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| Currency | Rupiah (1950-1965) |
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| Reverse description | Printed in rose-red, the reverse is dominated by a large interlaced 'DJB' (De Javasche Bank) monogram at centre, flanked by two columns of legal warning text in Malay and Dutch threatening penalties for counterfeiting. The large numeral '2½' appears at both left and right within decorative guilloche panels, and a stylised wave or fan motif fills the lower portion of the design. |
| Reverse lettering | BARANGSIAPA MENIRODE ATAU MEMALSOEKAN OEANG KERTAS DAN BARANGSIAPA MENGELOEARKAN DENGAN SENGADJA ATAU MENJIMPAN OEANG DENGAN MAKSOED ITOE OEANG KERTAS JANG DIPALSOEAN AKAN DITOENTOEKAN DIMOEKA HAKIM HET NAMAKEN OF VERALSCHEN VAN BANKBILJETTEN, HET OPZETTELIJK UITGEVEN OF IN VOORRAAD HEBBEN VAN VALSCHE OF VERVALSCHTE BANKBILJETTEN IS STRAFBAAR |
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De Javasche Bank issued this note during one of the most turbulent stretches in Indonesian monetary history. The Dutch were fighting to reassert control over the archipelago following the 1945 proclamation of independence, and multiple currencies — Republican, Japanese occupation scrip, and Dutch colonial issues — circulated simultaneously in contested regions. A 2½-denomination made sense within the Dutch decimal-gulden tradition but was increasingly anachronistic against the political reality on the ground.
The bank's authority to issue currency in Indonesia was formally terminated in 1953 when Bank Indonesia absorbed its functions. Notes of this series saw sharply curtailed circulation in Republican-held territory.