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5 Rupiah Serang, Banten Residency
| Issuer | Residency of Banten (Residen Banten) |
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| Year | 1947 |
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| Currency | Rupiah (1945-1950) |
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| Reverse description | Green on white letterpress reverse dominated by a central legal anti-counterfeiting text panel headed 'UNDANG²', enclosed within an elaborate border of stylised floral and foliate scrollwork; paired mythological animal vignettes occupy the upper corners and duck motifs appear at the lower corners, while wreath roundels enclosing the numeral '5' are positioned at the left and right within the decorative frame. |
| Reverse lettering | UNDANG² Barang siapa jang meniru atau memalsu uang kertas Negara, atau dengan sengadja mengedarkan, menjimpan ataupun memasukkan kedaerah Republik Indonesia uang kertas tiruan atau palsu, dapat dihukum menurut Kitab Undang² Hukum Pidana pasal 244, 245 dan 249. 5 |
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The Residency of Banten was one of dozens of regional Indonesian authorities that issued their own emergency currency during the turbulent years of the Indonesian National Revolution — the period between the 1945 Declaration of Independence and formal Dutch recognition in 1949. With the central government in Yogyakarta under constant pressure and normal banking channels disrupted by the returning Dutch colonial administration, residencies and local bodies printed their own notes to keep local economies functional. Banten had a particularly long history of resistance to outside authority, stretching back to the precolonial sultanate.
These locally produced emergency issues were typically printed on whatever paper and equipment was available. Survival rates are low — not because of heavy circulation, but because many were deliberately withdrawn and destroyed once the Republic consolidated its monetary system.