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50 Sen
| Issuer | Bank Indonesia |
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| Year | 1964 |
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| Currency | Rupiah (1965-date) |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is dominated by two large circular guilloche rosettes printed in dark red on a pink ground: a smaller, intricately spiralled rosette at centre-left and a larger rosette at right enclosing the numeral "50". Denomination numerals "50" appear at upper-left and lower-left corners. A serial number is printed in bold type at top centre, and a two-line anti-counterfeiting warning inscription runs along the lower right margin. |
| Reverse lettering | 50 [serial number] 50 50 BARANGSIAPA MENIRU ATAU MEMALSUKAN UANG KERTAS DAN BARANGSIAPA MENGELUARKAN DENGAN SENGADJA ATAU MENJIMPAN UANG KERTAS TIRUAN ATAU UANG KERTAS JANG DIPALSUKAN AKAN DITUNTUT DIMUKA HAKIM (Translation: 50 [serial number] 50 50 WHOEVER IMITATES OR FALSIFIES BANKNOTES AND WHOEVER RELEASES THEM INTENTIONALLY OR KEEPS FALSIFIED BANKNOTES WILL BE PROSECUTED BEFORE THE JUDGE) |
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By 1964, Indonesia's inflation was accelerating sharply under Sukarno's Guided Economy, and low-denomination sen notes were already losing practical purchasing power almost as fast as they could be printed. The 50 sen denomination was effectively obsolete within a few years of issue — the 1965 monetary reform, which replaced 1,000 old rupiah with 1 new rupiah, wiped out the entire sen series entirely.
Percetakan Kebayoran was the government's own printing facility, brought into service specifically to reduce Indonesia's dependence on foreign printers. Domestic production of this kind was unusual for a country at this stage of central banking development in Southeast Asia.