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5 Rupiah
| Issuer | Residen (Residency), Djambi |
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| Year | 1947 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Reverse description | Red-on-cream reverse dominated by a large decorative numeral '5' vignette at left, composed of interlaced floral and foliate motifs in a naive letterpress style. A central text cartouche carries the gubernatorial decree reference and validity clause, with the date 'Djambi 27 Desember 1947' at foot. The overall design is entirely typographic and ornamental, without pictorial imagery. |
| Reverse lettering | Menurut ketetapan Gubernaur Sumatera tanggal 25-11-1947 No. 9/I/D.K.O. Coupon Penukaran ini hanja berlaku dalam Daerah Keresidenan Djambi sadja. Djambi 27 Desember 1947. |
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Djambi (now Jambi) was one of several Indonesian residencies that issued emergency currency during the revolutionary period following the proclamation of independence in August 1945. With the Dutch blockade strangling the supply of centrally printed Republican notes, regional administrations were authorized — and in practice compelled — to print their own. These residency issues were strictly local tender, accepted within administrative boundaries and often distrusted just beyond them.
The S-prefix in Pick's catalog signals an unofficial or provisional status, though "unofficial" understates the political reality: these notes were the functioning money of a government at war. Djambi's issues from this period are among the less-documented residency emissions, and surviving examples in any condition are genuinely scarce.