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5.000 Rupiah
| Issuer | Pemerintah Revolusioner Republik Indonesia (Revolutionary Government of the Republic of Indonesia), Celebes |
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| Year | 1959 |
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| Currency | Rupiah (1946-date) |
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| Obverse description | Plain typeset note printed in green and black on light paper, with a decorative guilloche border running the full perimeter. The denomination numeral 5000 is set in large bold type at center, flanked by the repeated numerals 5000 at left and right, with the inscription LIMA RIBU RUPIAH below. The header reads REPUBLIK INDONESIA above PEMERINTAH REVOLUSIONER R.I., and serial numbers with prefix MS appear twice in the lower portion. |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBLIK INDONESIA PEMERINTAH REVOLUSIONER R.I. 5000 LIMA RIBU RUPIAH MS No 37014 |
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The Pemerintah Revolusioner Republik Indonesia — the PRRI — was a short-lived rebel government proclaimed in February 1958 by Sumatran and Sulawesi officers opposed to Sukarno's centralization of power and his accommodation of the PKI. Its parallel administration issued currency to assert governmental legitimacy and fund operations, but the revolt was effectively crushed by mid-1958 through a combination of military force and political concession. Notes from the Celebes-designated issues are among the rarer products of that collapse.
By 1959, when this note was dated, the rebellion had already lost its military coherence. Whether this issue saw genuine circulation or was largely unissued stock is unclear.