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5 Roepiah Japanese Occupation
| Issuer | Japanese Imperial Government (Dai Nippon Teikoku Seifu) |
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| Year | 1944 |
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| Printer | National Printing Bureau (国立印刷局, Imperial Printing Bureau of Japan), Japan (1871-date) |
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| Obverse description | Olive-green on light green underprint, the obverse presents a vignette of a traditional Batak rumah adat to the left, flanked by the denomination numeral and bilingual inscriptions in Latin script and Japanese characters arranged across the face. A plate letter prefix appears within the serial number block. The overall layout is characteristic of wartime Japanese occupation issues for the Dutch East Indies. |
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| Obverse lettering | DAI NIPPON TEIKOKU SEIHU LIMA ROEPIAH SM 府政國帝本日大 (Translation: Imperial Japanese Government Five Roepiah Imperial Japanese Government) |
| Reverse description | Printed in green on plain paper, the reverse centres on an intaglio vignette of a Batak woman from Sumatra in traditional dress and conical hat, bearing a load, set within a rectangular frame against a background of palm trees, mountains, and rice fields. Large guilloche rosettes enclosing the numeral 5 flank the central vignette on either side, while ornate scrollwork borders run the full perimeter of the note. |
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