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50 Rupiah Djepang (Japanese Rupiah)
| Issuer | Residen Daerah Palembang (Resident of Palembang Region) |
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| Year | 1947 |
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| Value | 50 Rupiah Djepang |
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| Obverse lettering | Mandat D.P.D.P. Negara Daerah Palembang Diperintahkan membayar kepada jang memegang mandat ini sebesar Lima Puluh Rupiah (RUPIAH DJEPANG) atas perbelanjaan Pemerintah Daerah Palembang satu atau di MATA UANG R.I. manakala O.R.I. telah sah beredar di Sumatera 1 Agustus 1947 RESIDEN DAERAH PALEMBANG |
| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in pale red-orange with a lightly impressed vignette of a riverside landscape, likely representing the Musi River and Palembang port scenery, visible as an underprint across the full field. A simple decorative border of repeated blue guilloche motifs frames all four edges. Centred in bold blue letterpress is the denomination legend 'Lima Puluh Rupiah' above the large numeral '50' flanked by ornamental flourishes. |
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Issued by the Resident of Palembang — a Dutch-appointed regional administrator — during the Indonesian National Revolution, this note circulated in a zone where authority was violently contested. The Dutch had reoccupied parts of Sumatra following the Japanese surrender, and local administrations were improvising monetary instruments to keep commerce functioning while the new Republic and returning colonial forces fought for control of the same territory.
The denomination in Japanese Rupiah is significant: Japanese occupation currency remained the de facto circulating medium across much of Sumatra well into 1947, long after Japan's defeat. Palembang's oil infrastructure made it a particular flashpoint, and currency issued here carried real political weight in a city that had already seen one massacre and would see more.